Statement

In 1993 I settled on the Isle of Man with my family and have since then worked from my studio in the north of the island. The Manx landscape and light has an ancient quality that has always strongly influenced the visual language of my work and provokes a constant stream of ideas. My work reflects a pure exploration of colour, shape, line and observation of the physical interactions of land, sea and sky. I am inspired by the point at which these elements meet, the shapes that they create and the consequence of their interactions. It is an ongoing investigation that keeps returning to a similar point but with a changed perspective, reflecting the cyclical and changing nature of earth, water and air.

I use a broad spectrum of media: painting in oil, watercolour and acrylic on board, paper and canvas; watercolour, mixed media, pencil, print and collage on paper. Sculptures are built up from found, carved, cast and ceramic components.