1 What is/are the primary reason(s) for you to make work in the first place? The desire to share and see Ideas, feelings and dreams. 2 What do you intend your work to convey to an audience? That there Is always more to what you see. 3 Why do you work in your chosen medium and format? Form and function for each piece If possible, though sometimes specific mediums and techniques allow for more open ended results which can make for a less rigid practice, (this I prefer). 4 Technically speaking how do you go about constructing your work, that is the image or object itself? What devices do you employ? Could begin from a witnessed scene, an object which Interests me, and other times just being In a particular frame of mind. One hour It starts with a gouache, another hour- a photo. Each particular beginning helps lead the next decisions, choosing materials, making stretchers (or not), researching the chosen subject. 5 Which period(s)/artists/specific works of art are you influenced by and how directly? How does this manifest in your work? Jim Henson currently. Most of the work In the Prado In Madrid gets me back on track. Otherwise more rarely a contemporary show may Inspire me through It's ambition. 6 What stimulates/informs your work from the world around you? In particular- disused Barns, sheds, churches, castles and places with history. Architecture of the past especially ruins I find evocative of a particular atmosphere I may wish to embody In a piece of work. (even when the work Is not architectural In Itself. 7 What stimulates/informs your work from your own personal experience? Love, life, death. Then always seeing the funny side to things. 8 From where do you derive your other visual source material (i.e. non art historical) and how do you implement this material within your work? A picture sketched from years ago, a clip of video, a joke, a recent conversation… they all come together Into making an artwork work. Sources are Interesting and useful to the artist, and also seeing a work In progress In the studio, but the final exhibited work Is the culmination of tens of sources, when layered together. Allowing the path to fork when there Is potential Is the best source. 9 What are the main problems that you face in making your work? Some avenues of research lead to dead ends, navigating a path which Is less well trodden and has the most rewarding outcomes Is the biggest problem 10 Where do you intend to take your work from here? To continue to chase the voice which guides.