Artist statement about ‘The Contemplations’ series:

This an ongoing series of images that are inspired by my garden in Norfolk. These are intimate and self-reflexive portrayals of nature. Connection to memories, delightful discoveries, opportune moments, study of and meditations on the natural world around me are reflected in my choice of subject and compositions. These works evoke a North European tradition of the ‘Vanitas’ still life and conversely contemporary representations of birth, death and life.

I trained as a traditional printmaker in fine art, embracing fine print photography and drawing into my practice, which in 2000, led to my Doctorate research into ‘Drawing With Light’ using the carbon transfer process. My passion is in the analogue potential of historic photographic processes and how these may be employed as fine art mediums. I have chosen to create this series only ever as handmade colour carbon prints. I am possibly the only person in the UK that is doing this professionally.

My most prestigious commission to date is the production of 25 large colour carbon prints for a major retrospective exhibition ‘Yevonde, Life and Colour’ at the National Portrait Gallery in London. I have also established a reputation in the field of public art and have work in both private and public collections in the UK and the USA.