"The romanticised landscapes I employ in my paintings (from either Claude Lorrain or other artists he influenced) act as a setting which represents a state of mind rather than a topographical record. With their golden glow, they offer up an air of tranquillity. John Constable said of Claude’s paintings ‘all is lovely – all amiable – all is amenity and repose; the calm sunshine of the heart.'

Just as the sepia tones or dated colour production of the photographs conjure up an involuntary moment of sad reverie, I strive towards portraying our perception of the landscape as artifice, mythologised as our own memories of the past quite often are. My positioning of the photographs in such a way that they align with the landscape, is designed to encourage a dialogue which compares and contrasts the past with the present not only historically but emotionally, conjuring up feelings of sadness or nostalgia.

To the Lighthouse, a book by Virginia Woolf, explores the passage of time and interestingly for me, has a connection with Cornwall -- where I have lived for most of my life. Among the book's many tropes and themes are those of time, loss, subjectivity, the nature of art, and the problem of perception. The young woman looks out directly at the viewer, almost asking something of you or inviting you in."