My work is a snippet of my personal reality which challenges the preconception of what is considered ‘worthy’ of painting. It turns our attention to the mundane objects that surround us daily, giving them life beyond the ordinary. I look at the cropping of images, whether it be the fragmentation of a vase or simply a snippet of a table-top with the remnants of a meal, both of which leave a degree of mystery as to what the unseen may hold. I am interested in the shadows that objects cast and how they can become the language of the painting. The way the light hits these objects and the position in which they are placed is unique to the painting itself. It captures a moment in time; an instant that combines several factors that I will never be able to replicate.