Artist Statement

I am interested in the psychological and symbolic relationship between memory and belonging. Working as a painter, and occasionally with sound, I use flowers, plants, the human figure and autobiographical fragments as a visual language to reveal the uncomfortable angst of longing, grief, transformation, ageing and the unseen forces that shape our lives.

Although my practice is often associated with botanical imagery, the natural world functions less as a subject than as a symbolic vocabulary. Flowers and leaves become vessels through which my personal narrative is transformed into broader reflections on the human experience. A flower may become a face, a thought, a memory, or a self-portrait. Through this process, I am able to make the personal and the archetypal to coexist.

My paintings draw upon the historical traditions of symbolism, allegory and botanical art, while remaining rooted in my current experience. Influenced by artists and writers such as Goya,  El Greco, Rory McEwen, Francis Bacon, David Lynch, and Peter Greenaway, I am interested in creating images that operate beyond straightforward representation. Rather than providing answers, I seek to create works that remain active in the viewer’s imagination; images that linger, unsettle and invite repeated encounters.

Recurring themes within my practice include obscuration, fragmentation and scale. Figures, leaves and flowers are partially concealed, forms extend beyond the frame, and elements are deliberately withheld from view. These strategies reflect my interest in the incomplete nature of memory, the tension between what is visible and what remains hidden in life, and the way meaning is often found in absence as much as presence.

Alongside painting, sound has played an important role throughout my career. From early immersive installations in the dark to a recent exhibition in a London town house which incorporated a dystopian soundtrack composed from my field recordings, I have sought to create environments that engage the viewer emotionally as well as visually.

At the heart of my practice is an ongoing exploration of how personal experience can be transformed into shared myth. Using symbolic imagery and allegory, I aim to create works that inhabit the threshold between autobiography and dream, memory and imagination, the seen and the unseen.