My recent paintings express the joy of spending time spent amongst flowers and foliage. Sources of inspiration include tropical plants in palm houses, subtropical gardens, and the paintings of female Victorian explorers, particularly Marianne North. The local Dorset landscape from country gardens, meadows and woodland glades, also provides rich subject matter. I aim to create a sense of lushness and overabundance in the painting with vivid mark making and expressive use of colour.

I work from a combination of observation, memories, archival sources and art historical references. Plein air painting is an increasingly important aspect of my paintings, I enjoy the immediacy of working directly from nature.