The inspiration that lies behind my work comes mainly from the lyrical and the sensual. My painting is intimately intertwined with my background as a musician, and my early training in modern Dance. My love of flying (gliders) and riding horses also inform the expression of movement in my painting. So, importantly,  movement underlies my work, coupled with a strong sensual emotional charge.

After my long involvement with working on the subject of Big Cats, in which I was dedicated to raising money and awareness of their terrible plight, my next theme turned towards the movement of birds in flight; in particular, I was inspired by the superb grace of the Tern. Also, when working in watercolour, the delicacy and transparency of this medium also excited me, and led to an exploration into the translucency, reflection and light-play of glass, which I explored in my fairly abstract work with Glass Vessels. 

Over the past nearly three years, the sensual side of my work has been strongly highlighted by my falling in love, and discovering the joy and fulfilment of a new relationship. This state of rapture has also increasingly translated into an enhanced passion for colour! Although my subjects might appear to be very varied, I find within them the link of movement, expressing melody, harmony and colour, which unite all the elements that run through my life and my work. 

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