I work in mixed media and textiles ranging from semi- to full abstraction. Each piece begins spontaneously from either colour or form, inspired by nature or the landscape around me. Mark-making is intuitive, spontaneous and expressive through the use of acrylic paint, collage, and pastels. My favoured palette is usually colourful, though I tend towards cool colours. Beginning with collage and large mark-making, the painting evolves through additions and subtractions of many layers to create its own story, generally concluding with delicate -sometimes colourful - marks.