I am fascinated by black and white. In print, painting and drawing I use black, and its gradations to white, as the vehicle through which I express myself. Whether figurative or abstract, my imagery represents a personal narrative; a distillation of moments that represent experience. A dragonfly, bird or figure can represent itself or a memory of an event, place or time. I try to create arresting images that offer the viewer significant but ambiguous forms to consider and fill with their own meaning. The process of pressing ink into paper has been my preoccupation for over twenty-five years, and I am still captivated by that moment when the paper is lifted to reveal the image for the first time, and you see your intentions mediated by the process. It is this constant struggle between idea, image and process that compels me to make work. In a time of fast moving images it is the slow process of making by hand and the thoughtful gestation of an image that gives me pleasure. I trained in