I’m interested in portraits that don’t quite explain themselves. A look or gesture might suggest that something has just happened, or is about to, without spelling it out. I like the idea that the way people like to present themselves often betrays something else happening beneath the surface.

My approach is realist in intent but increasingly painterly in execution. I want a convincing likeness, but I’m not interested in painting every detail. Faces and figures emerge from layers of paint, with some passages tightly observed and others left looser and more uncertain. I like the tension between clarity and ambiguity, and between the person and the paint.

I’ve always painted and drawn, but for more than twenty years I worked in the technology and startup world, founding and building businesses. Most recently ScreenCloud, which was acquired in 2025 by a Private Equity company. Since then I’ve returned seriously to painting and now spend most of my time in the studio.

My current project, Found, returns to that world through a series of portraits of founders from the UK technology scene. It’s not intended as a celebration of entrepreneurship. I’m interested in the confidence, uncertainty and contradictions involved in persuading other people to believe in something that doesn’t yet exist.