My work has focuses on portraiture. I use photographic sources and normally work to commission. I am interested in the way a portrait conveys information about the status, power, importance, virtue, beauty, wealth, taste, learning or other qualities of the sitter. I use colour, line, composition and mark to evoke an emotion or develop the narrative within an image. My work often makes reference to art history, literature, classicism and symbolism to evoke an understanding of the personality or life experience of the sitter.