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My paintings, collages and prints are visual memories, relating to the shifting moods and atmosphere felt when visiting places in the landscape that are somehow set apart.
I regularly make journeys to sacred buildings responding to the often fragmented images that I find.
I am interested in the way that fragments from the past alter and change over time, sometimes changing meaning to the viewer and I hope that the viewer will engage with the finished images by bringing another layer of meaning to the narrative.
I know that all things are transitory and in a state of change but believe that by bringing together fragments from history, fragments of thought and ideas, we can make more sense of the world and become aware of our interdependence. And more aware of the fragile nature of our existence.
My book about May Hill was published in 2007 and is available from: local galleries, and directly by contacting me via this website. The book contains my artwork relating to the Hill, complimented by memories from May Hill People.
I am researching and making work about the Romanesque carving on our Herefordshire Churches, with the intention of producing my next book about the life and legacy of the medieval sculptors who made those powerful images.

