Pandemonium – is a radiating composition. Figures are both exploding outwards and being sucked into a vortex.

Skimming the Abyss – explores the contrast between surface and deep level structures, and the unstable boundary between.

Tracers Through the Common – highlights the “unreal” nature of the contemporary world, where people are simultaneously vulnerable and nonchalant in the face of random fire.

Tower of Babble – is based on an Old Testament allegory. It is a modern day metaphor for the greedy and reckless pursuit of unattainable goals, with the resulting confusion in our means of communication.

Flotsam Jetsam – is a response to the plight of refugees as they attempt to negotiate a landing on a less than accommodating shore.

Soldier – I did this work on my kitchen table the day the bombs started falling on Baghdad.

The Ball of Probability – plays upon the ambiguity of scale. The sphere could be an ovum, or a comet, hurtling through space.

I Will (Not) Lift Up Thine Eyes – This refers to a quote from the Bible. Nature, represented by the mountain, has been cordoned off. We have lost sight of this spiritual realm in preference to more banal and ego-centric pursuits.

Sideshow – is a dreamscape conjuring childhood memories of parklands and fairgrounds.

Wild Boar – he comes to town, unsettling the cosy rural idyll!

Serenade – is a streetscape inspired by the pathos that can be found in a small country town.

Searchlight – alludes to the global technology permeating our lives.

The Crumbling Citadel – addresses the idea of the collapse of an ancient civilisation, and the resulting human consequences.

The Raft of the Medusa – Water water everywhere….is it the result of military action or environmental catastrophe?

Helix – The past/future continuum. The fragile yet resilient thread of human existence.

Human Beanstalk – a variation of the ‘Helix’ theme, which depicts the life force on an evolutionary scale. I enjoyed working on the vertical format.

That Obscure Object of Desire – (from a film by Luis Brunuel), this is a celebration of lust, vanity and our longing for connectedness.

Mountain Paradise – A salute to the ebullience of nature.

The Nursery – An infant’s wide-eyed fascination with a world bursting with energy and intrigue.

Ball of Confusion – symbolises a world under imminent threat.

Erupting Metropolis – Nature uproots the built environment.

After the Deluge – The nourishing power of forgiveness: a testament to reconciliation and love.

Cosmic Seedpod – “The unbearable lightness of being” (Milan Kundera)

Tree – “Flying Mother Nature, silver seed to a new home in the sun”, (Neil Young)

The End of the Road – A streetscape as a metaphor for foreboding and despair.

The Roadside Diner – “Come on Johnny, keep away from that evil hound”. The child’s innocent capacity to connect with the darker side of nature.