There is no part of the British landscape untouched by human influence, even our wildest places have been affected by the plant and animal species we have introduced or driven out.  Humans exert control over the landscape and use it primarily for our own ends, allowing for ‘nature’ but on human terms.  Our relationship with the landscape is complicated, multifaceted and ever-changing; it fascinates me.  With growing understanding of the damage humans have wrought on our planet are we capable of change?  Through my practise I research the expectations we place on our landscapes by exploring specific places, familiar to me and attempting to view them from different perspectives to ask what we want from the land and how it might respond.  I delight in discovering the means by which nature evades our control.

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​I work in print using a variety of techniques.  The process of working on a matrix slows me down and makes me consider my images more fully.  Peeling the first print from a plate is a magical moment - you're never entirely sure what you've got.  As with nature, printmaking likes to evade control and I embrace the serendipity of chance in the process of making a print.