Pen on cotton rag, 76.5 x 76.5 cm.

Utilizing a system whereby the ruled grid becomes the vessel for a lexicon of hand-drawn symbols, the principal theme in my drawing is the utilization of iterative mark making as a temporal site to record measured and psychological time. This emphasis upon time and repetition informs my work in a way that allows me to mediate rather than mirror the world; an attempt to coordinate thought and stabilize the disorder of the everyday. Underpinned by the language, tactility and intimacy of textile-based crafts, work that initially masquerades as digital prints is subverted from by subtle nuances and imperfections in mark making. I consider my drawing as something of a solitary durational performance, the completed work acting as the archive, or documentation of the event. As such, the drawing exists not as a snapshot of time, but as a continual processing and unfolding thereof. Through surrendering to this outwardly mechanised appearing process, I am afforded the space to process loss, grief and joy, as is the case with this drawing that responds to the disintegration of a relationship that though laden with good intent, ultimately found its foundations tempestuously built in fear.

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