My inspiration comes from the visual richness of the environment. I am fascinated with weathered surfaces, fossils that hold the histories of vanished lives, archaeological digs that reveal the traces of varied cultures, and graffiti covered walls of urban landscapes.

I’ll often start my paintings with a complex surface of marks and collaged materials. Then layering with paint, underlying colour and patterns are buried. Scraping away the surface re-exposes them. The painting becomes a history of confused and compressed time written in space. I continue, trying to balance randomness and chance against the compelling need to organize and resolve. Works evolve that are both elusive, yet suggestive, of the connection between our environment and our human nature.