"Ley's work is drawing based, she uses established time-worn methods and materials, pen and ink and traditional printmaking techniques, predominantly intaglio. Her work is closely observed, the intent being to capture the offbeat and unobvious. It�s mostly about light, and the way it can change the atmosphere, embrace and enhance a subject, or just fleetingly bestow a place, an object or a person with an intriguing nobility. Inspiring the viewer to observe the world more carefully and to discover beauty in unusual places, particularly the everyday and commonplace, is her aim.
In this series of portraits the subjects inhabit their varied surroundings absorbing the light and reflecting back a narrative where the observer can choose the outcome."