I believe that art should speak to you, whether it is deep, meaningful, and thought provoking, or simply makes you smile, reminding you of a time, place, person or creature that you love.
I have a huge amount of respect and admiration for the natural world, and find most of my inspiration comes from the wildlife and countryside that surrounds me at home in East Devon. However, as I rarely go anywhere without my doggy companions and muses, Lottie & Sketch (and previously our beautiful lurcher Cleo) - they and their friends, as well as our garden hens, have tended to feature heavily in my work. As any dog owner knows, they are a constant source of amusement and fascination - the way they unconditionally love and find fun & comfort in the most mundane objects, and chickens just want dry feet and meal worms ... if only we were all so easily pleased!
I work with linocut, copper plate etching, collagraph and often like to mix them up to make the marks I have in my mind come to the page.
