aised in Northumberland, and now living in the Highlands I have always sought out Big Sky Country. Walking in wild and open places, climbing mountains, or swimming in the sea. These experiences underpin my practice. I work on multiple canvases at once in my studio by the sea on the north coast of Scotland. I layer and remove paint in an effort to capture the fleeting light, shifting seasons, and liminal spaces where hills give way to moorland, peat to bog, sand to sea. Working primarily in oils and acrylics on panel and canvas, I’m interested in how material behaviour — absorption, layering, removal and viscosity — can evoke the shifting, unstable and unpredictable qualities of landscape. The slowness of oil paint allows me to work with duration; surfaces are built up and eroded over time, mirroring the geological and atmospheric processes that form the terrain itself. The fastness of acrylics allows me to work gesturally and cover large surfaces. I am fascinated by the alchemy of paint — how emulsion retracts from oil, how acrylic clings on top, how a brush or scraper dipped in white spirit can shift a surface as dramatically as weather reshapes a landscape. This dialogue between material and place underpins my practice, reflecting the instability and richness of the land itself.