I combine painting and collage to create images to intrigue and challenge the viewer to interpret and complete the picture for themselves - it excites me to think everyone’s experience of my work is different and their own! What started as an artistic intention to create lifelike portraits has now evolved into a passion for creating abstracted images based on people, events or places, sometimes allowing the paint to dictate the direction as the work evolves. Exhibiting my work has caused me to think differently about painting and has increased my confidence as an artist. Most of all though it has been fascinating to talk to visitors and hear how they respond to my paintings and often, for those that are creators too, to hear about their own work.