With a professional background in landscaping, I spent many years designing and working with planted floral beds for public spaces, where the focus was on creating impact through colour and visual interest. While the goal was always about what looked good from every angle, my work also required a deep understanding of each plant—how it grew, what it needed to flourish, and how it would interact with its surroundings over time. Balancing aesthetic effect with practical horticultural knowledge was a daily part of creating vibrant, lasting designs.
Now retired from the physical work of landscaping, I have shifted my creative focus to painting, particularly in watercolour. This medium allows me to explore the same principles I once applied outdoors—blending colours, observing subtle variations, and capturing the fluid, ever-changing qualities of nature.
I love being outside—whether kayaking, observing, or simply learning from the world around me. After years of working in busy urban settings, including landscaping in traffic circles, I now appreciate the quieter, more reflective pace that both nature and painting provide.
My paintings are inspired by the floral beds I once designed, but they are not exact representations. Instead, they are impressions—layered washes of colour that reflect how gardens feel rather than how they are precisely seen. Through watercolour, I aim to express the richness of many colours within a single form, much like the natural blending that occurs in a thriving garden.
This transition from designing landscapes to painting them has allowed me to continue exploring my connection to nature in a quieter, more reflective way, translating years of hands-on experience into a more interpretive and expressive visual language.
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