My practice begins in the field with charcoal and research photographs, capturing the raw mood of a place before refining those impulses into drawings and, ultimately, paintings. Colour is chosen to deepen atmosphere rather than describe reality; what I am after is emotional truth, not literal representation.

Raised in Belfast and trained in art and drama, I spent years as an actor and English lecturer before returning to painting full-time in 2021. Those experiences — particularly my love of Romantic poetry and theatre — are woven into everything I make. 

Landscape and interiors become stages for something re-imagined: figures of loved ones, friends, and mythical beings carry symbolic weight, blurring the boundary between the observed world and the remembered or imagined one.

I see painting as a lifelong journey. Each canvas is one more thread in an ever-expanding tapestry.