Statement
Specialising in figurative collage, I use music memorabilia, images from art history, and cultural ephemera as source material for my art. Each source is chosen to add depth to the stories I tell. And, each artwork is created using free association techniques to access the unconscious parts of my mind. 

Made on computer, my work expressively champions the human psyche, inhabiting the untidy end of the digital world. Taking great care to avoid interrupting the flow of unconscious thought, my collage pieces are cut impulsively and left rough and unrefined.

All this can be easily appreciated in “Come The Revolution We Will All Be Kings For The Day”. Released in protest at the coronation of King Charles III, it is made from bits of UK punk memorabilia. And, the imagery is left in its authentic state, loosely cut and assembled, to focus on the visualisation of a memory, teenage punks playing in a pub toilet.

My intention is to create artworks that possess a motif that feels like it has always existed, undiscovered in the source material. And, as a consequence of using music memorabilia, my collages reveal a visual playlist of the music listened to while creating the artwork.

Evolving my process, I now stretch, fold and crease my collage pieces in three dimensional space, once again bringing untidiness to a precision environment, and allowing a new dimension of unconscious thought to evolve through depth and movement.

By integrating fragments of music memorabilia and cultural ephemera, each piece of my art embodies a vivid tapestry of both personal and collective history. The roughness and impulsive construction of my work echoes the imperfections and spontaneity of human experience, especially within a highly curated digital world. In challenging polished digital aesthetics, this art invites viewers to embrace complexity, ambiguity, and authenticity, making room for the untidy beauty of genuine experience and emotion.