Persian Garden Original or Print:18" x 18" matte print on 200GSM paper perhaps subtly illustrating the distance

perhaps subtly illustrating the distance not just to the moon

A small elegant sticker found on some wonderful Spanish egg packaging from Galicia was the starting point for this handmade paper collage

hence Otono

With a beautiful passport portrait of an unknown woman (whose hair is so stylishly marcelled

"The Kitchen Collection” of paintings were executed predominantly in 2008/9

Persian Garden Original or Print:18" x 18" matte print on 200GSM paper perhaps subtly illustrating the distanceThe beautiful orange of a champagne label echoes the gorgeous saffron robes of a 16th century Persian, wandering through his well tended orange groves. Glimpses of typography hinting at narratives within this walled composition, with the surrounding rich colours adds to the sumptuousness of a grand Persian garden. This mixed media collage is a 3 dimensional work, built up from paint chips, vintage hand written letters, copies of textile fragments,