Statement
Before I began my art training I studied Biology for four years, then worked in a hospital as a technician where I was responsible for the physiological monitoring of patients in the operating theatres and wards of an open-heart surgery unit.
My interest in biological systems and science continues to have a strong influence on my art practice. The unexpected connections found between apparently random elements and the contrasts frequently discovered between the exterior and interior of things are themes that often crop up in my work. As well as dealing with tangible physical aspects of the world, I am interested in exploring the relationship between our rational understanding of the way the natural world works and the more personal reality of our lives.
Scientific knowledge of our own biology and environment is constantly on the increase, with rapid developments in our technologies and tools of investigation. Faced with a continued scientific unravelling of ourselves and the world around us I hope that there will always be things that can't be explained. A gap in our knowledge leaves room for poetry and a sense of wonder that we exist at all.
