I am interested in the bridge between the so-called reality of objects and things out in the world and the abstraction of colour, shape, pattern and texture developed in painting. My subject matter can be anything I notice of visual interest, whether it is a colour combination, the effect of light, an arrangement of shapes, or the essence of a place. I use a camera to focus on ordinary everyday things around me. The photos, along with drawing and observation, give me the information to start a painting or screenprint. The image, already perhaps ambiguous, is translated into a new composition. I work intuitively as the subject evolves, not quite knowing where the picture will finish, responding to the overall composition to make a sensation of space and colour.