Paintings exhibited at The Old Coastguard, The Parade, Mousehole, Penzance. TR19 3PR www.oldcoastguardhotel.co.uk  01736 731222 from the 16th October to 4th January.

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Exploring the human animal relationship, inspired by poetry, mythology, folk tales and most importantly the experience of seeing wildlife in our often tumultuous landscape.  

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That magical momentary glimpse of a Barn Owl, the barely heard hoot of a Tawny Owl, a distant flock of lapwings whilst passing an estuary, or standing under a cloud of 200,000 starlings and trying to ignore the roar of the busy rush hour traffic; the hectic human landscape of wind turbines, power cables, plastic, and roads ever present, navigated daily by our wildlife. 

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The landscapes exhibited are in many ways the beginning of a new project in which I am focusing on a few of the very precious and delicately balanced places that support much of our local wildlife.  It feels like taking a step back and looking at the broader picture, whilst the focus for me is still on the birds, it also recognises their symbiotic relationship and reliance on particular landscapes.  It feels like an ever changing dialogue between wildlife and place as weather and tides shift, water levels rise and fall.