The content and message in my work is very simple: I am inspired by music, literature and my love of gardening to produce an essential response to what I see, hear and read.
I am not interested in painting in a detailed or realistic manner, but am motivated to find the essence of my subjects through spontaneity and gesture. I hope that viewers and collectors of my work will react to my paintings with some delight, and recognize the familiar painted with a unique style and vision, and interpret my paintings in a personal way.
Colour and texture are integral to my painting, and I work primarily with acrylics, layering and applying paint with any tool, brush or even fingers to reach a desired effect. I use graphite sticks to produce gestural marks, and also to create tonal effects. I am exploring mixed media and collage, which is leading me to develop different imagery.