I explore wild places and nature reserves across the region, taking a closer look from within. I consider our relationship with nature and how we experience and respond to it, capturing the contrast between the richness and complexity of natural habitats and how we experience them as calm, reflective spaces. My paintings express the emotional quality such places stimulate in us, I make broad abstractions of visual information which leave space for interpretation; they look beyond visual representation to describe a tangible experience and narrative of place. I concentrate on colour and surface detail, and the aesthetics of transience and shifting atmosphere, depth and mystery, imperfection and patina from weather, decay and growth. Creative practice also includes observational field writing and poetry, which are used as non-visual mediums to stir memory and imagination. I take photographs to record flora, fauna and components of the ecosystems for later identification and research essays, as well as to make fleeting portraits of the intricacy and beauty of the reserves. Recent work has focused on ephemeral wetlands and marginal spaces between loch and land.