I draw inspiration from the urban spaces I inhabit. In these urban landscape works I sometimes combine text with visual elements, scribbling diary-like writing to record snippets of overheard conversations and my thoughts about places.
Aswell as drawing in situ, I take photographs and film footage, later creating drawing works derived from observing film projections, and visually reference this source through mark-making that alludes to the pixelated quality of the film for example.
Alongside recording my sense of these external environments, in the act of drawing I also attempt to record observations of my internal state, such as memories sparked by external visual associations, and my emotions as embodied in that moment. Through drawing I try to encapsulate an immersive experience of observing, simultaneously recording external and internal 'landscapes'.
I am often inspired to use delicate materials that lend an ephemeral quality such as tracing paper or graph paper, and layer fragments by loosely attaching the pieces together with tape and staples, which may denote a theme of transience or impermanence.
Artist influences: Julie Mehretu, Rachel Lowe, Ian Breakwell, Susan Hiller, Sigmar Polke and Mark Bradford.