Underpinning my work generally are my reactions to and feelings about decay and loss through time. For me there is a patina, a nostalgia in the natural decaying and ageing process of our lives and environment which is fascinating and aesthetically pleasing, and I find the process offers me prompts for visual investigation, whether through drawing, painting or photography. An aspect of ageing and decaying that particularly interests me is how old structures become colonised by plants, lichens, tiny creatures.