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Sometimes it's good to put away the colour for a day and work in monochrome. I find it's a great way to focus on mark making, explore values and just play and sketch without thinking about the outcome - all kinds of good things can happen when you least expect it!

See how this painting evolved. I photograph my work as I go, partly to do a value check here and there and partly so I can revisit decisions and see if I have made the right one in terms of moving the work forwards. And yes, sometimes I feel as though I'm going backwards, but I get there in the end!

This painting went through so many changes and different layers before it finally became resolved. Check out the colourful beginnings and watch the work unfold.

This painting was the first in my new 'Distillation Series'. I was exploring a new way of working and pushing my work towards greater abstraction, trying to make landscape references more subtle and challenging myself to find new ways of 'seeing'.

Disruption is an inevitable part of being human. We experience it in the sudden shifts that alter the rhythm of our lives — moments when what once felt certain begins to fracture or change shape. Themes of disturbance are made tangible and visible in this series of paintings as the application of the paint itself and the varied compositions mirror the interruptions we face in our own life journeys.

In abstract painting, the unseen often becomes the most compelling subject. Emotions, fleeting experiences, and subtle states of consciousness resist direct representation, yet they can be evoked through the deliberate movement of paint, the layering of texture, and the rhythm of recurring forms. Patterns and circles, in particular, provide a visual language for these ephemeral experiences: their repetition suggests continuity, their curves imply flow.