Flowers

‘In my garden every day I can see how things develop there. Flowers in particular continue to fascinate me and every stage of their existence prompts me to look and make.

It’s not necessarily about beauty or transience, the classic floral themes. Sometimes I want to express the vitality or poisonousness of a flower or show how the light exposes the structure of a plant.

A hand holding a flower is an ever-returning subject, because I like the combination of the hand-gesture and the structure of the flower. The act of presenting the flower is meaningful to me.’