My works are complex multi block woodblock prints on hand made 100% Kozo paper. These works have been produced from 30 - 40 individual carved blocks often working across 2 panels of paper.  The blocks when inked are printed with exacting registration,  each colour change is a new block creating the impact of translucent colours. 

The work reflects light and shade in nature and the experience of the silence of a space, with a minimalism and limited colour scheme evoking a sereneness and contemplation in the landscape. 

I enjoy the practice of a very traditional 16th Century Japanese woodblock printing techniques, still practiced in Japan today and referred to as Mokuhanga, I continue the challenge of bringing it into the 21st century.  My contemporary application of this medium remains non-toxic and relies on all blocks to be hand printed with a baren.

Many works in this exhibition Defining Shapes- Creating Edges reflect the colour schemes used in the late 19th Century works of Yoshitoshi from the One Hundred Aspects of the Moon series.