"I'm fascinated by colour, light, and paint itself. In the last few years, I've enjoyed using my intuition to paint, just as much as observing the subtle changes of shape and colour as light shifts over a subject. I enjoy a feeling of mystery as I paint, not knowing what will appear or how a painting will turn out. There is a spiritual element in my abstract work and with still-life painting, there is often a relationship or story telling element that materialises.

Sometimes my paintings are bold and expressive, at others more quiet and considered, very much like the two sides of myself. I am still finding out what I find exciting to see and make. This could be portraying the way light falls around a small still life; or the feeling of wild freedom that the adventure of painting a landscape from imagination or an abstract of inner feeling brings. This is the energy of attempting to make the invisible visible.

Light always affects colour and form; so most of the time I find myself exploring this whether I am working from life or not. It’s not always in the dramatic paintings, sometimes it’s in the flow of the instinctive paint colour choices I make, or achieving the exact colour of light on the curve of a bowl and the elusive way the best paintings seem to make a surprise appearance.

My work is about exploration and discovery. I paint to feel adventurous and connected to something beyond me. My practice is a quest for the feeling of freedom and joy that painting in flow can give you."