I have a deep interest in First Nation peoples, particularly the intimate relationship they have with the natural world, reflected in their art and artefacts. Complex narratives, ideas, and personal or collective memories, are recorded and preserved in their art, often passed down through generations. Every drawing, every object, tells a story that records and directs their movement through life, landscape and time.

Taking organic or biological forms as my starting point, I gradually develop them, drawing on my own direct, emotional instincts. During this creative process, I dig deep into my own stories, memories, experience and emotions, imbuing the sculpture with meaning – recording my own journey through time and space, both imagined and real.

Driven by a desire to make stone ‘move’, my new sculptures flow like water and wind. The beauty and wild weather of the Scottish Highlands constantly excite and inspire me. When the wind roars around my carving shed, and rain batters the roof, I feel close to the power of the elements, echoing our sometimes, turbulent emotions and the physical, noisy and tactile nature of stone carving.