My practice is underpinned by drawing from life, and I use my sketchbook to observe people and places that can be so easily overlooked. These drawings find themselves repeated and refined in my paintings, monoprints and etchings, where I can work through an idea and experiment with it closer, try it in different mediums and understand the value and emphasis that can be given to the monotony of everyday life. By using objects that are found in everyday life, the viewer is asked to place value on them