I have done many things. Traveled, lived and worked in many countries, experiencing the uniqueness of different ecosystems and cultural diversity.

Working in the health/rehabilitation sphere for many years taught me the value of maintaining body vitality and a clear contemplative mind. Creative ideas tend to circle around the topic of the life-force{  }embodiment interface. The intertwining, flux and flow of our bodies with nature. Her topographic forms and mystical energies. Her Ley line ...Song lines. Walking, noticing the forces of light and color.  Plants, topography, atmospheres and textures in the expressions of natures beauty are the binding matters that create our humanity. It's the concept of unity. Through my work I love to Map how humans can re-configure their bodies and spaces to find equilibrium. To align more with the invisible mystical matrix. To preserve nature, raw and wild. Ultimately its about reclaiming and reinvigorating our bodies and spaces as a microcosm of the earth. In so doing we evoke the memory of the depth of our unity with nature.

 Originally from Cornwall, I spent 25 years in New Zealand but now live and work from studios in Bude and Penzance, Cornwall. I have experimented, studied and apprenticed and will keep exploring until my faculties leave and my body is spent

In my art process and practice I tend to dive deep into different mediums for years. I want to find the best way to express the interconnectivity I feel. There were painting and formal exhibiting years. Then potting in the back country of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.  Ceramic sculpture came out of that. The deep therapy of hands in clay. I photograph textures and composite them with anatomical interiors. Found painterly surfaces layered and weathered can be as brilliant as a carefully constructed abstract piece of fine art.

That lead me to an MFA at CoCA, Massey University, Wellington, NZ... working in light. I wanted to show how the world seeps into our bodies and our life force leaks out. Simultaneously. I used animated video light projections that gave a sense of phantom existence of our energies without form. Imprints of Presence. I wrote papers on the comfort that comes from letting nature flood in.

At the moment I am painting using natural pigments, inks and water based mediums. I turn the work into 

digital repeating patterns and maps. It's really surface pattern design. An offering that uplifts and enhances a sense of beauty, light and harmony.

I have collaborated with sound artists and technical wizards. I write and write to find a way through and share the musings on my blog. 

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