Transforming improvised household items into symbolic, otherworldly genre photos that chart the metamorphosis of the ugly, the mundane, the discarded, into allegorical scenes, into new worlds that draw you in, into art that invokes emotion, so far removed is the end from the means. Exploring what it means to replace the standards of what 'should' be with something completely different, then letting it live its own life and see what the result will be. The root of this approach comes from working with limited opportunities and resources, not only during a worldwide pandemic, but throughout my career, and adopting DIY ethos out of necessity but not relinquishing a vision that is grandiose, refined, and meaningful. In this series I have continued my study into art as an artificial entity, and how far it can be stretched. Portraits without humans in them, bin bag mountainscapes, and a very suggestive still life that reflects the 'present'.
