My current work continues with the theme of enclosures, but the spaces are becoming more invented than real. I have been expanding on notions of family and ancestry with figures, objects and furniture jostling for space in complex arrangements. I am revisiting outdoor spaces, too – in particular formal gardens.

I have introduced distemper into my practice. Mixing pigment with rabbit skin glue and applying to canvas gives interesting marks that are reminiscent of screen-printing. I can wash out these marks with water and use stencils which affords a range of blurry and sharp edges. This accentuates my interest in ghosts from the past nudging present reality. I work with oil paint on top of the distemper in increasingly inventive ways, often making decisions whilst in the act of painting.

2025 was an exciting year starting with a solo exhibition at Linlithgow Burgh Halls. I have been looking into how my fresco and oil painting influence each other, thanks to a Creative Scotland Open Fund Award. A residency with the Hosking Houses Trust in Warwickshire intensified my interest in the theatre as a locus for memory. Finally, the Blackadder Houston Travel award took me to Chile and Argentina to research how Magic Realism influenced my painting.

In 2026, I showed a series of oil and distemper paintings ‘Figment’ at the Open Eye Gallery in Edinburgh.