Since 2001 my practice has been a continual investigation of balance & structure, within both the built and the natural environment. In 2014 I left a teaching position, committing to my artistic practise.

In 2017 was awarded a public sculpture commission by Leeds City Council in partnership with East Street Arts sparking an ongoing interest in sculpture.

I started a new body of work titled ‘Grace’ in September 2019 which was of great personal significance and helped to re-ground my practice, resulting in a new, autobiographical direction. As Lucian Freud once said ‘'Everything is autobiographical and everything is a portrait.”

My work continued to develop throughout the pandemic resulting in some interesting explorations of concept, media and scale. I considered this time a valuable & meaningful period of development which allowed me creative freedom to investigate fundamental questions surrounding my practise. In 2021 I was awarded a significant grant from the Arts Council to take risks, innovate my practise & connect with broader networks & audiences. This timely opportunity has been a significant step-change in my career, enriching & invigorating my creative practice, propelling it in a new & exciting direction. In 2023 I was selected to exhibit one of ten AWARD artists in the British Ceramic Biennial.

I am currently working on a collection of work that will ultimately become recognisable as my signature style of work. The ceramic sculpture ultimately explores the theory that order and chaos are eternally linked.

Chaos is a place where everything is complex and unpredictable; Order is where things are so rigid that it’s repetitive and restrictive.

Navigating between the two, it is possible to find a meaningful place where you’re partly stabilized and partly curious.

Please see ‘Dust to Dust’ in the portfolio section for more details about my current work.