I am inspired by observations that amuse me or that compel me to reflect on the bittersweet nature of the human condition, and ask questions ‘what if...’, ‘what happens when...’ and so the narrative evolves and drives the work to completion. The resulting paintings are of intimate and private worlds where conventional reality is transformed by hidden forces and people are seen to play out their power games, and like everyday experiences, the narratives remain open to the viewer’s interpretation because we don’t know and we can never know the combination of events and beliefs that lead to the particulalr snapshot of society we are seeing.