‘'The ideal contemplation of nature presupposes an ideal concept of art.’
From Extinction by Thomas Bernhard translated from the German by David McLintock

Images are shaped by the rhythms, moods, tensions and transient elements of somehow familiar, yet changing environments. Locations present forms and shape that create fascinating compositions and I am looking for unintentional symmetry, contradictions and making observations from random experience and interaction. I explore our relationship to the natural landscape and ask what is so engaging about these sites? Is it the seductive beauty or is there a deeper emotional attachment we feel? Formations in the landscape evoke primordial emotions in our individual psyche and trees and woodland in particular are reminiscent of fragmented memories. Part of our human identity is preserved in the natural world and we feel a connection that extends to our deep past.

The constant changes that occur in the process of life, death, decay and evolution are ever apparent in my images and I find beauty in these transformations. I discuss the experience of beauty and the pleasure of looking. I believe beauty is engraved deep in our minds and our relationship with natural surroundings is a core part of human nature with deep evolutionary origins that have fundamentally shaped our perception of beauty. Beauty is in the culturally conditioned eye of the beholder but the experience of beauty with its emotional intensity and pleasure belongs to our evolved human psychology. The experience of beauty is one component in a whole series of Darwinian adaptations and is an adaptive effect that we extend and intensify.

In an endeavour to understand how natural forms and shapes emerge I explore the relationship between chaos and order and the concept that chaos and pattern are built into nature’s most basic rules. The natural world is a confusing mess of quirky shapes and patterns that are never quite regular and never seem to repeat exactly. The very same things that make natural forms appear unpredictable also allow it to create pattern and structure. Unthinking, simple rules have the power to create complexity from simplicity without any conscious thought. Self organised systems are everywhere in the natural world and it is this raw process that I am drawn to.

My work is an ongoing exploration and investigation into the process and creation of natural landforms and examines our relationship and emotional response to it. The images I create capture a fragment in time, a fleeting temporary moment in the cycle of life and invite the viewer to appreciate the complexity of the environment and its inherent power. In my work there is a fascination with natural landforms, an aesthetic craving along with a need for escape and a desire for understanding.

Born in 1973, I have been awarded many prestigious commissions, been the recipient of awards for my photography and participated in exhibitions in London. My fascination with photography, the quality, and flexibility of the medium, led me to study Photography at the London University of Arts. Since graduating in 1995, I have experimented and developed my ideas through different styles of image making yet retained my initial attraction to the photographic image. I have completed numerous site-specific commissions creating large-scale works producing work on surfaces such as aluminium, perspex and glass. Amongst others clients include HM Treasury, British Medical Association, John Lewis and the Royal Bank of Scotland.

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