My practice, which I started in the late eighties, falls into two main areas, abstract painting and papier-mâché sculpture.  

My Biology Degree has a strong influence in my work as I like to explore the way Nature creates structures, shapes, colours and textures. 

My Master’s in Environmental Diagnostics got me focusing on waste as a resource not just something to reduce to increase efficiency. 

Through both mediums, I enjoy pushing the materials to see what properties are revealed.  This is especially so with sculpture, where I prefer to use the colours of the materials to create rather than applying paint. 

When I use the paint or manipulate the paper and card I follow a ritualistic repetition of application and reapplication of material.  The process is also an attempt to capture the movement during the creation of the pieces. 

In recent works I have been using found items or clean dry waste.