I create my work from pigments created from rock, soils and plants primarily gathered from the landscapes I inhabit. I combine these with cellulose binder derived from home grown kombucha scoby. I experiment with upcycled and biodegradable surfaces such as old furniture fragments and mycelium panels. I work this way as I feel that my work should nurture the land in the way that place and the natural world nurture us.

In the early stages of my practice, I was primarily concerned with narratives of identity as manifested through personal objects. This led to a distinct overlap between the acts of creation and curation and many of my photographic and performance works at the earliest stages of my work reference curatorial practices by, for example, cataloguing domestic furnishings or items of clothing. This led very naturally to more actual curatorial type work but I strove to always reference the narrative creating acts within the curation itself. 

Following the birth of my son in 2012, however, my perspective shifted quite radically as the construction of identity took on new meanings. I find that themes of narrative, perception and identity are still central to my work, but I now explore how that identity functions within the concept of family, community and, particularly, place. I am drawn to explore how modern consumerist society substitutes narratives acquired through purchases for those derived from experience of place, relationships and connections with the natural world. I use foraged natural pigments and reclaimed surface as a way to further embed these questions within my painting and sculptural work.