My first love was biology, which I studied for many years before turning to art as an alternative way to engage with the world. An abiding fascination with the natural world is evident in much of my work including one of the most recent sculptures, shown here, which uses industrial and domestic materials in an absurdly painstaking endeavour to 'fix' dead trees. The construction of animal-like joints and spines enables them to twist and turn, introducing energy and flexibility into their rigid forms. This work was shown last year in a London gallery, but I look forward to returning the trees to a natural setting in 'Encounters', where they will compete with, and complement, living plants in the Manor garden.

I recently graduated from Oxford Brookes University with a first class honours degree in Fine Art, and still live and work in Oxford. In Spring 2009, I joined the Workshop Studio in St Mary's Road.