Portraiture has always been the main focus of my work. The human subject is devoid of context, there are no visible surroundings.

My subject matter is derived from found materials such as photographs which have been lost or discarded or results from internet image searches. I am interested in the absence of explanation for these images which inevitably have a history and context of their own but have now become an isolated snapshot of a moment. Amongst the increasingly vast amount of visual resources available through media, individual images can seem disposable and are easily overlooked.

The act of painting implies an importance to the subject. The process of translation which exists between the original source photograph, the creation of the painting and the viewers' experience is the intangible factor which is important to my work. I do not try to convey a concept about the subject when applying the paint, it is purely a reaction to the source material.

My paintings are created in a style which embraces the nature of oil paint. The loose brushstrokes and the application of unblended colours encourage the picture to be created within the viewers' own eyes. The distance between a photo real portrait and my own infers the lack of information surrounding the original subject matter. There is no attempt to refine the image into something clear and defined, instead I leave the viewers' own mind to translate the marks into a complete portrayal.