I make paintings, drawings, photographs and books from a simple daily practice, most often a walk in the South Downs near my home in Lewes. A few photographs, a quick sketch, then work in the studio. Returning to the same paths allows a sense of place to accumulate; chalk edges, hill contours, hedgerow rhythms, the weather shifting the light. Combining the senses leads to a kind of musicality and this guides what I make.

In the studio I build surfaces slowly, layering linen or canvas with oil and graphite, then scrape and sand back so traces remain. Touch matters; some works are finished so they can be handled as well as looked at. I’m interested in visual storytelling informed by experiences from my creative and artistic journey: I left school at sixteen, travelled and worked in film and television. Later, I studied photography at UCA Farnham and started a digital agency. The themes in my debut novel, The Many Truths of Josef Batten, carry the same concerns as my art - memory, identity and connection.