“My foundation in art has been in portraiture and I’ve recently been exploring plein-air painting, to draw out the human experience of nature. I’m looking to tap into the design patterns and rhythms that connect land and sea. I strive to find a space between representation and abstraction, to paint ideas that surpass the confines of a specific place and to expose the visual sensations of idealised memories surrounding our lived experiences. I work both plein-air and in-studio, exploring themes in multiple formats and iterations, typically in series. This allows me to experience an idea or location over a longer period of time and push the work past observation, into design and universality.”