Artist's Statement

Many of my works utilize screen-printing techniques. I enjoy the notion that in screen-printing all three dimensional form is flattened in an instant. It is this idea that flourishes throughout my work unrestricted by the mediums used.
For example, when casting concrete or painting plastics, I employ similar application techniques found in printing such as registration and stencilling.

My work often investigates and employs the language of graphic representation to depict an array of narratives and I frequently shift and distort this visual vocabulary to varied levels of abstraction.

These narratives found in my work stem from an explorative and humorous approach to subject matters such as film, Manga, flora and fauna, fictional science, literature, and low-tech special effects. These themes often overlap, as do the materials and techniques used to describe them. My art often has a physical premise that exposes the process involved to make it. Any mysterious secrets apparent are whimsical, capricious and transparent.

"Only appearances are fertile; they are gateways to the primordial. Every artist owes his existence of such mirages. The ponderous illusion of solidity, the non-existence of things, is what the artist takes for 'materials'."
Robert Smithson, 'Incidents of Mirror Travel in the Yucatan', 1969

My work is presented in a variety of different formats and scales from large commissioned architectural glasswork to screen-print on paper to concept furniture. I have successfully completed a number of large-scale public art projects over the past twelve years and this is currently my main discipline.
Clients include architectural firms, private and public galleries, the NHS, public art commissioning agencies and local authorities. Employing a rich diversity of mediums, such as glass, concrete, photography and vitreous enamel has enabled me to deliver and exhibit a variety of exciting and engaging contemporary projects.