The abstract paintings are purely spontaneous responses to formal elements such as line, texture, colour and shape which begin with loose, expressive marks and movement, pouring, dripping etc. Multiple layers are added and fine-tuned instinctively, in response to what emerges.

My aim is to take the viewer on a personal, visual journey into their own imagination, through individual associations. Shapes and layers of colour are there to suggest rather than dictate, almost like gazing at shifting clouds, so that the experience of looking and reflection is different for each person. The titles are left equally loose in order to stimulate ideas; they have a personal meaning to me but I expect this to be different for others because we all have a variety of experiences to draw from. It is often a difficult balance to achieve but one that keeps me constantly surprised, challenged and excited by the range of possibilities.

I also enjoy the discipline of more traditional drawing and painting such as portraiture and landscape. I frequently look for inventive ways to tell more about a person using hidden collage, writing or poetry within the painting itself, using multiple layers and mixed-media. I am always happy to receive new commissions and very open to individual ideas.

As well as creating art work I work as a secondary school Art teacher in Singapore. I enjoy providing my students with the skills to realise their innate creativity.

In the past 20 years I have lived, worked and exhibited in Hong Kong, Vietnam, Indonesia and Mexico. I studied at Winchester School of Art, specialising in sculpture and produced designs for the Mexican design company, Zorrilla Diseno  (http://www.zorrilla.com.mx/catalogo-zorrilla.html) for 10 years.