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My work is landscape derived. I print semi-abstract tactile images based on the colours and forms of the coastline. I love the immediacy and unpredictability of print, the way in which the process itself can produce effects that come as a complete surprise when the paper is lifted from the plate, although admittedly not all surprises are necessarily good ones! 

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I work directly from the landscape, walking, observing and gathering information by sketch book, photograph and found materials. I am drawn to detailed fragments of the landscape, the patterns and textures of rocks, rusting metal, peeling paint -  the sense of the past pressing upon the present.

In the studio I explore ideas through the process of quick mono print sketches, and will either continue in monoprint, which sometimes leads to an almost painterly expression of the subject, or move onto the more labour intensive process of creating a collagraph printing plate. I create this by cutting into, scraping and generally altering the surface texture of greyboard or card to create deep textural marks. There is a similarity between the destruction of the card surface to create the printmaking plate and the effects of erosion on the subjects that I often like to depict

I am a member of The Salon Collective a group of Dorset Visual Arts fine art members who come together to discuss art, form connections and exhibit work.