My skin, ESEM photograph.

I have been painting earnestly since I was 3ish after seeing a Paul Klee exhibition in Paris over my father’s shoulder. I had a decent career starting in Madrid in my 20’s but unfortunately developed diabetic complications and had to return to my parents home in Edinburgh and to the NHS. I was registered Visually Impaired in 1992 In 1995 I embarked on an MA where I gradually turned to other mediums and new technology, as a means of aid with my changing vision. The brain does adapt to a a degree. Following another MA in Creative Technology , I have spent years working in the field of soundscape and sound composition. I am finally returning to my life’s passion, painting.

Drawing more is an ongoing preoccupation. My current series of works called ‘Conversations Across History’ pairs historical art works that seem to speak to each other into one space. My interests are moving outwards and embracing something broader.

I was a figurative painter, I abstracted from the figure. Whatever I made I aimed to have a human presence visible, even in its absence. I have suffered much damage from Type 1 Diabetes and have had to stop doing things like printmaking, for example. My continuity of self portraiture turned into medical imaging layered with metaphors.It has all been an attempt to portray the human condition through my own experience.

My work in the field of soundscape goes further into the human experience, by exploring the spirit of being in a particular space or situation. I have also collaborated with several musicians, especially with my own film and compositions..These films/compositions I have made have the purpose of creating a structure to play within. Like a frame to hang other sound on, notes even. Or to set the musician off in a direction, like a meandering thought.
I am in an ongoing duo with the tenor saxophonist Sue Lynch. As well as performing together we have been recording our improvisation and will be bringing out a CD in 2025. I currently use the iPad as my instrument. Using field recordings from my larder of sounds, I manipulate them live.