The pencil is my primarily my best friend. The most basic of tools, it can do extraordinary things. With it, I recreate life as we see it using patterns, lines, texture, tone, and, hopefully, a mood. My work is becoming increasingly narrative. The innocent and idyllic world of childhood is often captured in my subjects, creating charming drawings that reflect some of the present day problems and celebrations in our society.  
All the information in my work is laid out to the viewer, but it is often in the details you will find a subtle darkness. The discovery of this subtlety is what makes them intriguing. I would like my art to make you pause. To make you feel empathy, if not sympathy towards the characters. It is important to me that the viewers own imagination gets activated, where my imagery and their translation can bring a brand new meaning to the work, unique in that moment of time.
I often use a range of new and vintage photographs as references, collating and reworking them to create a unique image of my own.

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