In a world gone mad where governments, religions and media simplify and distort issues until they become hackneyed black and white slogans I ask myself “what is truth?”. The answers I find are not at all clear or definitive, but they are my own intimate and personal grey truths.

For the last number of years my work has explored faith, mortality and fate and their effects on the human condition. In these paintings I further develop these themes and start to look beyond this anthropocentric view to the troubled relationships between humans and the small planet we inhabit and fleetingly rule. I scrutinize our self-centred, material-obsessed, consumer society and try to find glimpses of truth, hope and understanding somewhere within it. But nowhere are the answers clear. We are all to blame for the wounds, scars and pain that humans unceasingly inflict upon each other and upon the earth. These wrongs are not reversible but I take some hope from humans’ capacity to love and from Nature’s ability to heal and repair. And in these black wrongs and white hopes are my grey truths.




"PURGE" 2007
In these my newest paintings I investigate faith, identity and mortality but also consider and explore the act of painting as a form of catharsis and even atonement. As time goes on I find myself more passionate, angry and determined to visually express my thoughts and feelings than ever before. This cathartic personal approach to my work could perhaps be considered anachronistic in our current post-modern, cynical world but it is undeniably who I am. I wonder if I’m alone with my worries, hopes and fears…or is this all part of the shared human condition? It is these ideas coupled with an innate need to communicate them that compels me to create.


"ERRATICS" 2004
It is possible that superstition, prayer or even logic improve the odds of determining your destiny. But when it comes right down to it, the only thing you might hope to control is your fear. In my paintings I try to address the worries and fears that I have about the randomness of Fate. By doing so I feel that I may be able to overcome them, or at least keep these fears at bay for a while. But the reality of it is that there is no escaping them, and, preordained or accidental, Fate is omnipresent and I am powerless as I wander in and out of her shadow.


"MARKED BY FATE" 2004
Faith, identity and mortality drive the narrative in my work. The characters in my paintings seek knowledge and understanding in an ambiguous yet fate-filled world that is as real and tangible as ones own imagination. I hope that the viewer will be enticed to try to resolve some of these ideas themselves, and possibly gain some personal insight into the timeless themes of life, love, loss and death.