"The themes that emerge in my work are primarily perception, mediation, connection, adaptation and longing.
I am deeply affected by my sensory experience of the natural world. Those experiences inform the way that my ideas are shaped, and provide a doorway into understanding. From this emerges a visual language in my work wherein specific sentient and non-sentient ‘characters’ serve to carry forward concepts beyond what they would typically signify. I base much of my work on the supposition that humans and other forms in nature are overlapping, no space exists between, and that they are in fact interchangeable not as a metaphor, but literally. The unintended result of this sensibility is that, in retrospect, my work appears to express fables of my own creation.
I approach my themes with both two and three dimensional media, favouring found and time-worn materials for their evocative nature. I do not attempt to hide the reality of the materials or processes. My imagery tends towards the direct and unadorned, exhibiting intentionally chosen details.
I am influenced by the work of artists such as Tim Hawkinson, Bill Viola, Rebecca Horn, William Kentridge and Betty Goodwin."
