Complexity and uncertainty are constants. Our digital presence and the impact of AI requires a physical, human response; a premium of brain, heart and gut. My work, originating from within the Pennine moorlands in the north-west of England, seeks to understand how we can endure and move towards our futures, as the generations before us have done. My materials include acrylic, oil pastels, textiles and found items on canvas.

Moorland landscapes are characterised by ancient habitation, pathways and the evolution of human and natural features, which allows for reflection on legacy and change, boundaries and the breaking of them, and have featured in my awareness since i was very young.

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As this process of a lifetime continues to develop, i'm increasingly drawn towards abstraction, opening up to new influences and new landscapes such as the Wessex region and how the natural world, human nature and civilisation contact, co-exist and clash.