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I am always thinking about how I can I interpret the events in my life both great and small and absorb them into my work.

I create work inspired by daily life but which swings between the real world and my fantasy. Having been living in Paris since 2002, I was searching for a subject which suitably caught the spirit of the city during my time there. After much reflection, the theme which seemed most appropriate was that of the circus. In Paris there is the traditional circus and every variation thereon, right up to the new contemporary circus ‘cirque nouveau’ and every week one can see a different performance somewhere in the city.

Kitchen Circus 2004
Using a process of trial and error, I began to take pictures of my own table-top circus using small model figures and objects which I have collected or made over the years. To create interesting background scenes, I employed some shiny kitchen objects and thus my ‘Kitchen Circus’ series began. I found that I could imbue these small performers with my own feelings and create what was truly my own fantasy world.

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