Currently, my principle artistic interest focuses on ‘the ruin', in particular on architectural structures along coastlines. Recent works have reflected notions of journeys undertaken to distant shores. I'm particularly fascinated in the traces of human activity etched on the wilderness. My work centres on manmade structures whose usage has undergone a transformation over the passage of time, eventually becoming derelict. My aim is to create an atmospheric, emotional and engaging theme, to offer the viewer a space to reflect, muse or evoke a distant memory.

My initial preparation consists of onsite research both of the specific structures and their surrounding areas. I’ll research historic sources both text and image, as well as utilising my own sketches and photography. I move between abstract/representational, accidental/intentional and constructive/destructive approaches to image making, such as layering the colours of paint on the surface, then rubbing back, scratching into, layering again.