About

I am drawn to the way seventeenth-century artists used objects, gesture, light and symbolism to speak about mortality, time, status, memory and the fragility of life. I revisit those traditions through constructed photographic images, using historical references as a way of exploring concerns that remain recognisable today.

Much of my work is carefully staged in the studio. I source and make props, construct sets and backgrounds, and grow many of the flowers that appear in my still lifes. Some images are created from a single arrangement, while others are built from numerous individual photographs to create compositions that could not exist naturally, bringing together objects, flowers and natural specimens from different places or seasons. Light is fundamental to the work. I use controlled, directional lighting and deep shadow to create the sense of stillness and psychological tension that first attracted me to historical painting.

Although my work is rooted in the past, I am not interested in simply recreating historical images. I am more interested in using their visual language to consider enduring themes: mortality, memory, beauty, decay and the passage of time.

Biography
I am a self-taught photographer and a Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society. After studying in the UK and France and building a career in London, I moved to a quieter life where I could concentrate more fully on my photographic practice.     

I now work primarily between France and Spain.

Selected works are available as limited-edition fine art prints, and I undertake a limited number of private commissions.