Artist's Statement

I delight in taking the images several steps beyond what one sees through the viewfinder and these techniques allow me the opportunity to use my hands in the production of unique prints. I still enjoy creating straight black and white silver prints too and now find I am moving more toward an appreciation of the simple beauty of natural landscapes through digital image capture and printing. My rural home has become a new inspiration for my work.

My choice of subject matter and technique is varied and I tend to choose particular techniques to portray different subjects, for example, Polaroid transfer for colourful travel images, hand-colouring when I want to reflect on something more nostalgically or romantically, straight black and white for portraits or quieter studies and digital capture in colour for natural landscapes.

In all cases I try to find the inherent beauty in the moment and sometimes a little humour or quirkiness. They all tend to be a reflection of my inner landscape at the time I am observing and I find as I am evolving I am more and more drawn to the expression of beauty or spirit or gentleness in what I create, one of my "New Thought" mantras being "You get what you think about".