"I make work that invites individual interpretation and affiliation by evoking sensorial memories and related emotions that the viewer may not previously have considered significant. 

 

I am interested in how we are affected by our environment (physical and social), and the processes within that transaction.  This enquiry forms the main body of my practice and poses question such as:

 

Why are we captivated by some visions of the natural environment so profoundly?

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To what extent is this captivation the result of a purely visual experience?

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What differences do our cultural and experiential ‘lenses’ bring to that? 

   

Critically, how can the ‘essence’ of these sensorial experiences be identified, distilled and recreated? I strive to

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“discover the purest forms which will exactly invoke my own sensation”. Hepworth

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From 2022 I have begun to focus keenly on the synergies and conflicts in our relationship with our natural environment. Beginning a body of work which investigates how we are/not accommodating it.  If not now, when?

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process...

 

Exploratory drawing and photography are the starting points in my process. I then re-purpose unconventional media and experiment with more traditional media in new ways to craft the communication.

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My practice reflects a preoccupation with edited and reduced drawing. I also relish opportunities to work with light and surface texture to stimulate curiosity. 

 

The strength of my internal response to a subject means that I am usually compelled to create large scale pieces. The result is mainly wall based pieces which verge on abstraction and sculpture

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I hope you enjoy seeing what I see, and maybe even feeling what I feel…"