For me, drawing is an act of resistance to alienation; a tool of exploration that informs. In drawing, we are paying attention. By drawing using my senses, I take space and time to come in close and be involved in what's around me.

This is a process that forms connection. 

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Rather than feel scarcity, I choose to see abundance. I refuse to accept the state of fear we are currently conditioned to feel. By continuing my work, I oppose the priorities and the language increasingly imposed upon us and the destructive disconnection and subsequent addictions being created and exploited by those who seek to profit. I form my work alongside the wild, questioning the way we regard the non-human and calling upon our creative imagination to relate to those other than ourselves.

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I'm inspired by so many artists, such as O'Keeffe & Joan Mitchell, and the quiet powerful work of Ivon Hitchens, Anna Ancher, Peter Lanyon plus the drawings of Louise Bourgeois, Paula Rego, Frank Auerbach, Adolphe Menzel and Johannes S.Kjarval.

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I continue to be influenced by the work of Rachel Carson and John Berger and those who have urged us to see beyond what we are simply told.