My practice is painting with elements of drawing. I create these readable/recognisable rooms that could be someone’s dream or a memory; and they dissolve into ambiguous, vaporous “clouds” that contain different abstract boxy shapes. The delicate coloured pencil drawings that sit within those spaces are usually noticeable in closer proximity.

I pay a lot of attention to the way materials behave with different uses and exploit these subtle differences for my purposes. Things like the smoothness and absorbance of the gessoed canvas, the thickness of an oil paint layer and the way it is applied or the pressure of a coloured pencil to produce a line are very important. My canvases must “breathe”, I try not to overburden them with paint. The way I use oils is similar to watercolours, I rub the paint on the surface so that only the residue of colour stays and white shines through. It creates luminosity and electric buzz.

I create spaces using a boxy shape as a module. I feel like it resonates or represents the environment that humans build for themselves, in contrast to nature, for example. I am attracted to domestic spaces because they tell a story about their inhabitants, current and past without them being in the picture. I like to think about the objects in a room and especially walls as something that has memory, they remember the drama, the private moments, the joy and the horror.

Questions regarding the nature of reality or “The Matrix” hugely inform my practice. Vibrational nature of all matter, the importance of a subjective view… Thinking about these ideas affects the way I present my image.