Through my work I aim to explore our connection with the natural world in an Urban environment, studying plant-life which grows in urban areas and cityscapes, where they are often overlooked and unappreciated, but essential to life. Nature does not exist without the environment in which it lives, and like people - the way we view it is often defined by its surroundings.We think of traditional landscape painting as rolling countryside depicting organic climates, pure colours under clear skies and natural light. I try to apply these processes to my city-based plant portraits - from flowers grown in window boxes and community planters outside of train stations or blocks of flats, to the trees and weeds that break through the paved pedestrianised shopping zones, and tropical shrubs in pots outside offices - capturing their lived environment, through the light pollution, the smog and dirt, artificial street lighting and - often neglected - concrete and synthetic surroundings.

I paint multiple layers of oil paint glazes, using minimal colours and focusing on colour theory to create brightness within dark pieces, reflecting the environment, and create compositions that bring the plants to the foreground to highlight their overlooked value and beauty.