I am a multi-disciplinary conceptual artist, making work in installation, sculpture and drawing. Currently, I am exploring breath and breathing, something we all share and can relate to. This has been my theme for a couple of years. It stemmed from the time I spent walking on the Downs during the Coronavirus pandemic. I felt intensely the difference between between my being able to breathe freely on the Downs and those in hospital fighting for their next breath. 

I have a medical background that possibly prompted me to research further and think about the subject in much broader terms. I found that there was a certain demographic who were more prone to contracting Covid and having a worse prognosis. This same section of people is also more likely to suffer from other lung issues such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), lung cancer and asthma to name a few. Many of these are exacerbated by poor air quality. One would think that access to clean air is a human right, however, that is not necessarily the case. 

The way in which I work is intuitive and exploratory. Using drawing and 3D media such as latex, plaster of Paris and Jesmonite I question what it is like to find breathing difficult and seek to give the viewer space to consider what that might be like and what reasons may lie behind it.