The opportunity to live and work in the South of France awards me a peaceful and privileged environment from where to practise my art. As a fan of Matisse, Van Gogh and Cezanne, I can appreciate the ‘light’ here, and the energy and inspiration it affords artists. This body of work is primarily the culmination of a year spent in my studio, in a small village, just outside Carcassonne. Surrounded by history, archaeology and everyday village life, I have allowed myself a deep absorption into the freedom of design and composition, creatively working without distraction. To put onto paper through my own language of colour, pattern and movement, abstracted representations from everyday life.