I don't begin with an image in mind. My paintings grow slowly through looking, responding and reworking. I rarely know where a piece is heading when I begin. The process is intuitive, and over time the work gradually reveals itself. I'm interested in the point where a painting begins to feel discovered rather than constructed.

Growing up between London, Los Angeles and Sydney shaped the way I think about place. I've always been aware that landscapes stay with us, influencing how we see, remember and move through the world. My work isn't about depicting a particular location. It's about the traces that places leave behind and the ways those experiences continue to shape us.

Painting for me is a daily practice of paying attention. It's where I reflect, where ideas settle, and where experiences that are often difficult to articulate begin to find form. The paintings draw on patterns I notice in the natural world, from branching systems and erosion to geological formations and mineral structures. These aren't subjects to be illustrated, but ways of thinking about growth, change and interconnectedness. My recent use of natural mineral pigments extends that relationship, allowing the material itself to carry something of the landscape into the work.

I'm drawn to uncertainty. I don't paint to arrive at an idea I already have. I paint because the process reveals something I couldn't have known before I began.