I am an artist based in Keighley whose work is predominantly printmaking, in particular pochoir, screenprint and digital.  Originally a graduate in colour chemistry I worked in the commercial print sector for 16 years.  I subsequently attended Bradford School of Art’s Fine Art degree course.

My work predominantly looks at the nature of, and our relationship with information. 

I use simple pattern, itself a form of information, as the basis for the work. These patterns based on a hexagonal grid, are then manipulated in ways that parallel the nature of information and/or our relationship with it. 

In choosing simple patterns as the basis for the work, my intention is to avoid references to specific information and in so doing open up the work allowing the viewer to contemplate information both conceptually and in ways personal to themselves.

The process of creating and finding complex images, despite the simplicity of the underlying form, is central to my studio practice. Predominantly my work is developed in 3 stages – firstly, the basic form of the pattern/image is created digitally, then randomly generated colour variants (via computer code) are produced, from these I then select to find images that are both consistent with my theme and are also aesthetically interesting. 

I am a founder member of Trapezium Arts, who run an artist lead gallery space in Bradford City Centre that holds regular exhibitions by local artists.