I make 2-D work with lines. The lines are currently horizontal. They imply some speed and tension. I paint the objects or upright white lines then paint over them till they nearly disappear. Then paint more objects and paint over them again this builds up an image with depth and some history. The use of horizontal and vertical lines comes from drawing cities for many years. The weaving relates to the support, paper or canvas.

I work at home and make mainly abstract paintings, but they tend to be graphic more than about painting. I am a self-taught taxidermy artist inspired by a variety of formative interests; evolutionary biology, art history, myths and legends, religious iconography, dystopian fiction, film and philosophy, and a keen sense of how human activity is affecting the natural world.

I often create sculptures using retro objects, such as radios, clocks, telephones and old cabinets, housing animals, butterflies and other symbolic objects inside them. They suggest that space for nature is shrinking and invoke a sense of nostalgia for a time when we were much less aware of environmental issues and, in a poetic sense, they often express the fragility of the human condition.

I also create surrealist sculptures that blur the line between fantasy and reality by seamlessly blending real animals into otherworldly, mystical beings, transforming the natural into the supernatural.

Each sculpture tells its own unique story.

I graduated from Goldsmiths University with a first-class honours degree in Fine Art in 2001.

All the materials I use have been ethically and legally acquired, usually roadkill and pets that have died of natural causes.
 

The Heart Goes Last is a symbolic work; A glass-fronted Victorian cabinet houses a replica of a human heart which in turn displays a colourful selection of butterflies. A drawer opens to reveal a small white bird surrounded by artificial roses. The piece emotes a sense of wonder, ephemerality and sadness simultaneously.

Mixed Media

28x35x18cm