Formed over millennia through geological transformation, the Namib Desert landscape has shifted from fertile swampland, home to the world’s first dinosaurs, to a vast arid expanse.

In the indigenous Nama language, the word Namib means a vast open space. Shaped by volcanic erosion,  the dunes are iron-rich, giving them their deep red tones. Subtle variations in mineral composition create a spectrum of colour—from lighter, sunlit ochres to dense, blood-red hues.

This shifting palette forms the basis of the work of the artist. Gradations of colour, light, and texture evoke the scale, heat, and stillness of the desert landscape in this collection.

This collection is inspired by the lush rainforests of the Brazilian Amazon. The series Into the Rainforest 1-4 follows the journey down the Amazon River into the thick, swampy jungles of the rainforests.

The journey starts with the equatorial sun flattening all shapes and colours of the forest (Into the Rainforest 1). As you go deeper into the narrow waterways of the Rainforest, the environment becomes increasingly immersive. The swirls of the Amazon River take you into the forest (Into the Rainforest 2, 3). As the forest canopy thickens, the colours intensify and deepen.

Chromatically, the work is inspired by one of the artists’ favourite books, Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. You see tones shift and change from the lighter tones at the forest’s edge early in the series, swirling into deeper, more saturated hues in the still waters where caymans hide under the swampy banks of the Amazon River at the end of the series (Into the Rainforest 4).

At the heart of Iberian Collection is an abstraction of the region’s ceremonial sport of the bullfight. It is interpreted not as spectacle alone, but as an indigenous art form and performance drawing from its Andalusian origins, which predate the arrival of the Celts, Romans, Levantines and Moors, as well as modern European integration into the European Union.

Through gestural abstraction of movement and colour, the rich tones and contrasts series evokes the enduring dualities of the region: light and shadow, control and chaos, ritual and instinct.

The series explores the rituals of the “old world” and the colonies of the “new world”—reflecting not only a tradition, but a living expression of history, identity, and artistic form. 

Centuries ago, the rocks along the Cornish coast lay beneath the ocean, part of the ancient seabed. Over time, tectonic forces lifted them above the waves, exposing jagged granite cliffs to wind, rain, and sea.

The north is dominated by rough black granite, while the south curves into sheltered bays with calmer waters and natural harbours. Surrounding the granite, softer rock known as “killas” was transformed from mud and clay by the heat of the rising stone, creating a subtle interplay of texture and tone. Blues, greens, and blacks shift with the light, reflecting the changing moods of day, night, and weather. The interplay of hard granite and yielding killas, of turbulent surf and quiet coves, becomes a dynamic visual language.

Through layered textures and tonal contrasts, the series evokes the timeless energy of Cornwall’s landscape, where geological history, oceanic movement, and the changing sky converge into a vibrant, living tableau.