‘I am neither of the East nor of the West, no boundaries exist within my breast.’ ~ Rumi

I am drawn to the landscapes of ancient Chinese painters, such as Ma Yuan and Guo Xi, through to Turner and modernist painters from Klimt and Van Gogh to Kandinsky and the Abstract Expressionists, but not much after that era really speaks to me. In recent years, writing and photography have become the main focus of my work. To be honest, I mostly look at painting as a significant phase that led to writing and working with lens-based media. I’m particularly drawn to the “DIY” aspect of photography – its production and post-production techniques have come to mirror the self-sufficient method by which a lot of the music I listen to is produced. Still, embodiment is a theme that pervades my work and there’s a physicality to painting I may return to.