About

Initially my work evolved from taking photographs of a flytrap in an industrial kitchen. My work was originally centred around ideas and feelings associated with being trapped, something which everyone experiences at some point during their lives. My concern was how I might go about provoking these emotions in the viewer. I developed my paintings using a grid system taken from the flytrap, and through layering techniques. I have and continue to experiment with the building up of surfaces, application of paint, the optical, transparency, depth, perspective, movement and colour and its effects on the spectator.
I continue to use geometric and circular forms in my paintings, but my focus has shifted more to reflect our urban environment, which is made up of these structures. My work reminds people of some aspect of their environment, whether it’s rooftops, buildings, desks lined up, escalators, filing cabinets or tunnels. Each person sees something different. I deliberately use perspective points and colour to create movement and depth. The paintings contain a vibrancy and boldness that is rarely discovered in our everyday surroundings.