About me

My work reflects the strong affinity I feel with remote and wild places.

Being in the mountains, often challenged by their remote and airy indifference, reminds me of how insignificant we are in the face of the natural world and the power of the elements that shape it. The cairns on mountain summits, or prayer flags on high Himalayan passes, are evidence of the ancient and continuing desire of human beings to express their physical and spiritual relationship and interaction with the landscape.

"They (mountains) pose profound questions about our durability and the importance of our schemes..." Robert Macfarlane, 'Mountains of the Mind'

Climber and mountaineer Joe Brown wrote of his first sighting of Kangchenjunga from Darjeeling in March 1955 "…I was looking at a gigantic, unearthly shape, boiling inside a tissue-thin bank of cloud….It was the first dramatic sight that aroused the imagination." The Hard Years, 1967

My creative imagination is aroused by such hints and glimpses, the ethereal juxtaposed with massive solidity, the enduring complexity of high mountain ranges which can dissolve in an instant into shadow and light.

In my work I capture the fleeting effects of light and weather on ancient landscapes, underpinned by the authority of careful and detailed observation - and so, touch the sense of wonder in us all.