I am a self-taught painter and writer from Hastings, England, currently in Turkey. My practice is rooted in direct, unpolished expression: bold black lines, scratches, splashes, and faces that often function as self-portraits of doubt, isolation, and survival. I return again and again to themes of hidden human struggle, which are explored in all mediums that I work with.

After a twenty-year hiatus from art, I have exhibited work in two solo shows and continue to develop my painting in a makeshift, unheated studio. Financial limitations have often shaped my practice, from working under poor light in freezing conditions to stretching scarce materials, and more recently pushing me to explore poetry (it's cheaper) with the same obsessive energy I once reserved for paint.

Alongside painting, I am the author of the novel The Night Swimmer (2025) and I am currently preparing a debut poetry chapbook that, like my visual work, is concerned with isolation, working-class life, and the incessant noise in my head that compels me to create.