I create two-dimensional art that explores objects and spaces found in nature, or from rural, urban and domestic environments.

I rely on small sketchbooks for visual notetaking. Through a slightly subverted en plein air process, I make quick drawings or paintings of a “scene”. This might be the view from a beach, hilltop, island or valley. Back in the studio, I translate those field notes onto canvas, paper or wood by using painting, drawing, printmaking and collage techniques. The art I make begins with references to the real world, but it doesn’t necessarily retain those representations in the end. As the surface layers develop, a record of process and mark-making (informed by landscape elements like waterways, foliage, valleys, and horizon lines) emerges. These translations happen in small chunks of time, interspersed between full-time work and family commitments.

I'm interested in how an object's form and meaning changes when it shifts from real landscape to constructed surface. What stories do we tell ourselves about what we see?