Describe your creative process.

Each cut-out works have been made by collaging newspaper of a certain date on canvas, and then scratching, cutting, burning and then painting the surface. While choosing to cut repetitive patterns I thought about the juxtaposition of the rhythmic patterns of my presence, my breath, which was tied to the idea the lived day to day patterns of our lives. So, the outcome was very tactile and textural. I was very interested in the shift of the surface which is representational with text and images to a material, tactile outcome.

What are 3 words that best describe your work?

Paintings, Abstract, Map

What is the best piece of advice you have been given?

I really like philosopher Will Durant's line ' We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.'. As I have realised that the most important thing to be an artist is turning up in the studio and creating each day.