I studied at Dartington College of Arts in late-1990s and having worked mainly in performance and live art over the last 25 years, my practice is starting to have a renewed emphasis in print and 2D pieces. 

I’m broadly influenced by Pop Art, Conceptual Art and the history of photography; with an interest in expressing task and process, repetition and rhythm, the layering of time. My work ranges across lens-based and print media, producing limited edition print works or one-off painted or collaged photographic pieces; often augmenting, disrupting and veiling pre-existing ‘found’ prints and images. 

I have recently made a pledge to work with and use the art materials, items and curios I have accumulated through my creative life – both as a stance and gesture towards consumption and also as a limiting device to generate forays into new processes and practices. At times this makes the output hard to pin down, and knowingly eclectic, a curious marriage of the media leading an idea or an idea explored through a material.

Bootleg Film Posters

Inspired by the tradition of hand-painted film posters, these works employ titles of movies from 1950s as phrases to sit amongst and jar with the imagery of Macmillan Educational prints. The narrative from the film is knowingly at odds with the contexts they are presented within – playfully proposing an alternative version

Acrylic on Paper

59x50cm

Framed under glass