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My current practice focuses on both abstract and figurative subject matter, where I explore my passion for themes of decay and remembrance. I love to explore old graveyards and draw inspiration from the textures on weathered stone and the atmosphere steeped in history which I find there.

I also enjoy creating images inspired by Victorian mourning and memento mori.

From smaller investigative works exploring the poignant motifs of tombstones and family crypts, sometimes with faded, stained portraits, to re-imagined landscapes in large abstract form exploring the rich textures and surfaces of this subject matter.

My latest works hold the essence of pitted textures of rust, moss and verdigris, all rained upon and worn by the passing seasons which dance in a battle for supremacy through carefully textured paint, layered across canvases of remembrance, capturing the bittersweet weathering of nature and the feeling of holding on to love despite inevitable loss through the inexorable