My creative interests lie in nature photography, land art, painting and printmaking.
I am fascinated by pattern and symmetry, both in nature and in design, and in the scientific and mathematical principles which underlie their beauty.
I love the symmetry and repetition in leaves and feathers, the ripples in sand and water, the spiralling patterns in shells and galaxies, the bifercating patterns of trees and river systems, and also the way these patterns translate into repeating designs such as those used for fabrics and wallpapers.
I am fascinated by the multidimensional, holographic, fractal and kaleidoscopic nature of the Universe. I am also very interested in how the different ways of apprehending it are converging, particularly Eastern philosophy with physics and maths, and science with art.
I am currently working on a series of paintings and relief prints of images which are circular or spherical, following on from the photographs I've taken of the circular tops of the groyne posts on the beach. Some are natural forms: shells, fruit, pollen, and some abstract. The image of a circle within a square intrigues me, being redolent of Buddhist mandalas.
If I had to list my influences from the very large array, today I would say Mother nature, Ernst Haeckel, Chris Drury, Andy Goldsworthy, William Morris, sacred Mandalas, Sir Eoin Cussen who invented the kaleidoscope*, and those 'Altair' colouring books that I loved so much as a child!
"The word "kaleidoscope" is derived from the Ancient Greek καλ(ός) (beauty, beautiful), είδο(ς) (form, shape) and -σκόπιο (tool for examination) – hence "observer of beautiful forms." (Wikipedia)
On leaving school I went to Amersham College of Art and Design to study for the BTEC National Diploma in Art and Design, studying drawing, painting, photography, graphics, illustration and ceramics. I have also trained in traditional signwriting and Tibetan thangka painting with masters of those crafts, and in land art and printmaking with Aberystwyth University.