Held hypha-gallery-mayfair obsolete hardware and fragments of

obsolete hardware and fragments of old media - to create a pixel-like mosaic that re-embodies the digital in physical form

‘British Love Affair’ elevates everyday British pleasures to the level of a sacred and private ritual

on the East coast of England which is subject to coastal erosion

formal minimalism and distorted surrealism - a container for mark-making that could otherwise be perceived as radical landscapes or psychedelic

The piece incorporates a couple of recurring things in my work

Held hypha-gallery-mayfair obsolete hardware and fragments ofCradled in her own arms, 'Held' portrays a woman whose massive forms create a monumental yet fragile carapace. This is a piece exploring those delicate, introspective and often painful moments that are the human condition: we negotiate a world where we must pretend and protect ourselves within an increasingly digitised utopian ideal. The soft layers of oil paint float in ambiguous layers, speaking through the interstices of the regime of bytes.