I've never painted much, I'm not good at keeping a sketchbook (I mostly rely on receipts, backs of envelopes, whatever comes to hand) and I veer between too many ideas and no workable ideas at all, but life without creating would be unimaginably dull.

I am fascinated by the pairing of place and memory, both on the ground and in the mind. Humans mark rural and urban landscape in many ways, from subtle to brutal, and it keeps a memory of those marks, often long past the point when any reason for them has disappeared. Similarly, our own memories are snagged by features from the surroundings that form a background to events in our lives. Such remembered features might become uncoupled over time from whatever they originally marked, but they remain landmarks on a very personal map; fragments of stories, told or untold.

This way of looking at things has, for me, resulted in pieces of work that include chalk and other landscapes, and many, many trees.  I've also developed a recurring interest in loss - pubs that have closed, repurposed post offices, shuttered shops - that is likely to work its way into something book-shaped.

I explore ideas mostly through printmaking and book arts, and sell much of the time through exhibitions, fairs and open studio events, but please get in touch if something catches your eye or you'd like to know more.

Events for rest of 2018 and into 2019

Hot Bed Press Open Studios - Friday 16th (6-9pm) and Saturday 17th (11am-6pm) November
20:20 Print Exchange - touring 2018-2019 (details to be announced soon here)
BABE (Bristol Artist Book Event) - Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st March 2019, Arnolfini, Bristol