"My process is grounded in acute observation; a scrutiny that begins on first sight, lifting my spirits, engaging my senses and compelling me to paint. Focussing on light, colour, a particular moment in time and my essential need to record in watercolour; my passion for the natural environment takes its inspiration from both this emotive and artistic response to nature. 

 

I have a curiosity for the diversity of the overlooked and I want  to engage the viewer in my discovery; be it the details in nature often taken for granted,  the beauty that exists when a plant is less than perfect or perhaps viewed in a way that is unexpected.

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The acknowledged boundaries of scientific plant representation or the analysis for mere replication are of no primary interest to me, compared to an insight into the essence of the plants character. The communication of such visually complex plant forms in watercolour takes concentration and a certain technical virtuosity, indeed there are moments in their execution, when time stops, and I am completely absorbed."

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