My evolving painting practice has been inspired by plants and flowers since 2003. My work is often informed by particular research e.g. wild flowers of the Machair, Mary Delany at The British Museum, 15th century Herbals at The Linnaean Society and Kew Gardens etc. Recent paintings involve increasingly stylized plant portrayals, geometry found in nature and a balance of controlled and expressive use of paint and colour, inspired by particular plants and their context in wild and rural Scotland. Portraying them is driven by a desire to explore and express a love and connection to nature, the elemental and the universal which at this time of crisis feels more important than ever.​

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I studied Art and Art History at Goldsmiths College, London 1989-92. I am based in rural Fife at my unusual studio on Platform 2, Ladybank Railway Station. Ladybank Railway Station is a functioning station on the line from Edinburgh to Dundee. Built c.1850, my studio used to be the old station restaurant rooms looking straight onto the platform, I renovated these rooms to create the studio in 2009.