I have always considered myself to be a multi-disciplinary artist due to my interest in experimenting with a variety of media in 3D and 2D, yet photography has always been at the core of my research and practice for over 30 years, from studying it at night school, converting my bedroom into a darkroom and spending long hours developing negatives.

I studied Fine Art, graduating in 2004 with a BA (Hons.) in Fine Art (Sculpture) at Bretton Hall College. News stories relating to missing people and unsolved local murders, inspired much of my undergraduate show installation ‘Frozen in Time’, exhibited at the Longside Gallery situated in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

For the Masters in Printmaking at Bradford College of Art, my practice combined hand-drawn etchings, photographic etchings and photographic silk screen prints reflecting key stories in the news from environmental issues to celebrity culture. After being introduced to the work of writer and artist Graham Rawle, I became interested in text and image, specialising in the practice of making limited edition artists’ books, collaborative books and photo books, exhibiting internationally.

In 2007 I went on to gain a PGCE and Fellowship in the Higher Education Academy and teach undergraduate and postgraduate students at the University of Huddersfield and Open College of the Arts (a subsidiary of the Open University).

I am a qualified Licentiate member of the British Institute of Professional Photography and former Chair. of BIPP (Yorkshire).

Check out my YouTube channel for a selection of short videos on my research practice and home studio.