I explore the intertwining, flux and flow of our bodies with nature. 

Her topographic forms and mystical energies. Her Songlines.

I love walking with the force of light and color and how it lifts atmospheres and expresses beauty in the binding matters and textures that make us human.

Originally from Cornwall, I spent 25 years in New Zealand but now live and work from my studio in Bude, in the Kingdom of Devon. I have experimented, studied and apprenticed and will keep exploring until I die.

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.