I am a UK based artist and teacher. After graduating with a degree in Fine Art - Painting I went to live and work in Greece and Taiwan. Upon my return to the UK at the turn of the century I gained a master’s degree in the History of Art and became a full-time teacher and examiner. I currently run a well-respected art department in Surrey, England. 

Throughout my career, the themes of identity and the passing of time have mingled with a desire to create intricate surfaces that act as contemplative spaces. My approach is rooted in process and tries to find a balance between precise planning and intuitive freedom. I usually begin a piece with a vague idea of the outcome in mind, but as much as possible, I try to respond to my materials. To this extent I am allowing the process to guide the direction of the work. In paintings and collages, I tend to build and remove layers over time, letting gestures, textures, forms and the weight of materials shape the composition. 

In my décollage pieces, I often begin with photographs of familiar places and the overlooked textures of my surroundings. I work into them with scalpels, and etching tools, scratching, tearing and peeling layers as a way of drawing. These interventions are instinctive, like a conversation with the forms and rhythms of my environment. The act of cutting, peeling, layering, or scraping is a way of thinking through material and revealing what is hidden. I am celebrating the accidental and recording the passage of time.

Whether through paintings, photographs or collages, my work aspires to reflect a quiet negotiation between presence and loss, construction and decay. In a sense these creations are a physical and emotional mapping of my thoughts and experiences.