I have travelled a lot in my life. Landscapes, natural, rural and urban, have been influential in my work and life on many levels. I have explored the ways that places I visit or have lived in can influence my work, both actively and passively. My interest in landscape has also given me an interest in maps. I have found that looking at maps always gives me a desire to travel to and see the places depicted. I often imagine the places in the maps and find pictures to help me build an image in my mind. I am interested in the way an abstract representation of a place, a map for example, can ignite my curiosity, it is perhaps similar to the way a work of art can inspire or initiate imagination or contemplation. The Vista, Billett and Grid series are like maps, not of places but of ideas and feelings. Looking closely or into the pieces reveals more information. Each piece is the beginning of the next, the work is a journey.