I am at war. The voices in my head struggle to be heard.

They bicker until a decision is made and then they start all

 over again. Will safety and comfort win over the voice of

danger and excitement? The need to embrace the new keeps

on shouting.



My creativity comes from this conflict and change.



I explore the relationship between thoughts, experiences

and actions in my external and my internal world. What

I’m seeing and what I‘m thinking come together to form

the content of my work. For example “Waiting” captures

a moment of change. The beauty of a summer’s day is

smashed by the thought of my children being so far away.

This contrast of emotion was startling. “Waiting” explores

that contradiction of peace and conflict—a “blue” dog wags

its tail, harsh light fragments the landscape, parts of the

landscape are more literal, others more abstract and distant.



Each new thought may change our perception of reality.

I paint my reality, the fusion of thought and vision that

becomes my (our) world.



A painting has its own story of the seen and the unseen.

My story and yours may be completely different but the need

to connect the dots is universal.



I paint with humour, fear, love, doubt and all the other qualities

that make us what we are. Complicated.




Waiting