Artist Statement

My practice explores the relationship between nature and culture through an interdisciplinary lens, combining photography, horticulture, and collage. Having worked as a photographer for over a decade, I began to question the environmental impact of image-making and the disconnection of screen-based work. This led me to gardening—not only as a subject, but as a form of unplugging: a slower, more embodied way of being and making that invites presence and reciprocity.

Rooted in regenerative practices that prioritise earth care, social wellbeing, and resourceful design, my work focuses on building sustainable relationships with land, materials, and community. Gardening became a way to realign with seasonal rhythms, deepen ecological awareness, and practise care through everyday actions.

Recently, I’ve returned to image-making through collage, repurposing discarded garden magazines to explore circular economies and examine idealised representations of nature. This tactile process mirrors regenerative thinking by valuing what already exists and imagining new futures from what’s often overlooked.

Across all aspects of my work, I aim to blur the lines between artist, gardener, and activist. Whether working with soil, paper, or plants, I’m interested in how unplugging from extractive systems can open space for more grounded, connected, and life-sustaining ways of creating.