I use a variety of media, mainly acrylics, often gesso and sometimes metal leaf to create atmospheric and deceptively understated pieces.

I started abstract painting during a period of chronic ill health. Feeling imprisoned in my own body, it followed that my mind, perhaps as a form of  self-preservation 'hibernated', and abstract art became the obvious form of self expression. 

Many added and selectively removed layers of mixed media over an expanse of canvas or panel offer overall depth. Inspired partly by Japanese aesthetics and its unobtrusive beauty and simplicity, the painting process proved calming during those years of illness. Emerging delicately from an apparent simple block of colour are subtle textured details evoking fresh possibilities, becoming a space of potentiality and hope.

Having previously worked as a picture frame restorer I developed an appreciation of the qualities of some of the traditional materials used in that field. Incorporating them in many of my paintings they help to provide depth and texture.