These studies of trees, in watercolour, gouache and acrylic on paper, have been painted on location in the parks of Roath and Penylan Cardiff. I explore the changing configurations of colour and surface seen in individual trees, working from close observation, and a gradual, cumulative depiction. I choose very particular states of morning or evening light. I am fascinated by the ways in which light and shadow can spread across a surface, dissolving, concealing, revealing or emphasizing its features.

In these works, which were painted on location in the parks of Roath and Penylan in Cardiff, I try to explore the changing configurations of colour and surface seen in trees in blossom, working from close observation, and a gradual, cumulative depiction. The fast growing, fast changing blossoms in Spring, and direct and changing sunlight are the dominant elements, and I choose very particular states of morning or afternoon light. I am fascinated by the ways in which light and shadow can spread across a surface, dissolving, concealing, revealing or emphasizing its features. The paintings are in watercolour, gouache and acrylic on paper.

These paintings of pieces of fruit, in acrylic, gouache and watercolour on paper, are painted from observation in direct sunlight, which enhances and transforms surface and detail. The simple minimal compositions highlight the variety and individuality of each piece of fruit, and nuances of surface, shape, volume, light and colour count considerably.

Here I cast found surfaces and imagery into shallow relief in acrylic, and add oil, watercolour, coloured pencils and other media, often on a small scale. These were cast directly from the commonplace, unspectacular fragments of everyday life. These are combined and transformed by the application of colour and shown in fresh ways, and little noticed qualities of shape and surface are amplified. Thus this work is both abstract and representational, and grows from process, serendipity and the accidental encounter with things which turn up in everyday life, including fragments of clothing and small mechanical forms. I have a deep interest in how to explore and exploit the behaviour of familiar materials, media and processes in new ways, and a great curiosity about the things which I see and collect.