The bold structural compositions I create are influenced by the work of Kurt Schwitters and the Abstract Expressionists Robert Motherwell and Franz Kline. The way these masters used light and dark to create entry and exit pathways within compositions has been continual inspiration for me for the past decade. My unique fragmentation and distortion of shapes and lines has been influenced by the surrealists’ “games of chance”, the paintings of Francis Bacon and collages of David Hockney. A strong psychological narrative is also often present in my work and this has been influenced by the drawings of Jim Dine, Betty Goodwin, Kathë Kollwitz and the paintings of Pieter Bruegel. The textile works are inspired by my drawings, paintings and mixed media work and have been influenced by Nancy Crow, Dorothy Caldwell, Sue Benner and Susan Carlson.