Artist Statement
Walking and drawing are fundamental to my creative practice. Whether I am exploring the Australian bush, a wild coastline, a garden or a place overseas, I am constantly looking for unexpected relationships of colour, light and form. For me, drawing is really about paying attention - slowing down long enough to notice what might otherwise be overlooked.
Large paintings often begin on location with quick, energetic drawings that capture an immediate response rather than a literal record. Back in the studio, these sketches evolve through a process of painting, drawing, collage and monoprinted papers. I work intuitively, allowing transparent layers, gestural marks and abstracted fragments to build a richer experience than direct observation alone.
Flowers and plants are part of this same landscape language. I often think of gardens, shadows, leaves and cut flowers in a vase as interior landscapes - ways of bringing the natural world closer.
I'm interested in how a painting can contain multiple moments. As David Hockney observed, "A painting can contain a lot of time." My paintings bring together the time spent walking, looking, noticing and remembering. They are not simply depictions of place or flowers, but an accumulation of experience - an invitation to slow down, pay attention and reconnect with the natural world.