My impulse is always to tell a story, exploring what might grandly be described as the human condition from the basis of my own emotional experiences.  Concerned more with gesture than any detail of identity, my figures and their relationships are caught in a moment of time, evoking a narrative - open to fit in any myth of the viewer's making.  Inspiration comes not only from my own history of relationships; but generally from people-watching: observing conversations, interactions and exchanges - a fascination with body language and how we read ... or misread it.