STATEMENT
My approach to art making is to slow time, to process an image through a
medium that operates at a time crafted from hand-worked surfaces and materials. I work across various print techniques from
traditional Western print processes to Japanese woodcut printing. My practice
is about experiencing time and place with every colour layer and plane of marks
embodying an elementary, sensory memory.
In recent works I have taken inspiration from the Japanese cultural
aesthetic wabi sabi.
My study of this term that defies translation has fostered an appreciation for
the beauty in transient natural moments and a sense of spiritual well-being
centred on imperfection and simplicity. The theme of my work tends toward
expressing the momentary and experiential in a pared-down language of mark and
form that seeks to evoke a resonant response in the viewer rather than portray
a particular event.
