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My work responds to my interactions with nature both on the North Yorkshire Moors and the Yorkshire coastline where I was born and continue to live and is influenced by the wild and rugged terrain as well as the structure of local flora. The Wallflower collection is a series of botanical wire studies presented on contemporary canvasses; impressions of living flora in primer are reflected in the woven wire botanical overlays. Wire is carefully manipulated to define the subject’s edge and I use finer wire to highlight key features. A technique that I have transferred into metal bar to produce large-scale botanical sculptures (See Flowers page for Poppy collection).​

A collection of wire botanical studies presented on contemporary canvasses.

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"To begin I choose the flora and study its structure; preferably with a physical cutting. Next I decide the size and work through the composition.​ I then prime the surface and start building texture, once dried I build up individual layers of paint from the darkest to the lightest colour desired, this creates depth and areas of interest throughout the canvas.​ For the botanical study I take the outline of the flora and begin to work the wire into shape, I can then use finer wire to replicate its detail anatomically. This is then fixed onto the completed painting to create The Wallflower. 

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I hope to expand my collection by creating further studies as I have always been drawn to nature, I enjoy the elegance and form that flora provides."