I have always loved things that glitter and glimmer and glow. This is something that links mosaic and electronic crafts. Mosaic reflects ambient light, creating a glittering surface of colour, while electronic works generate their own glowing light sources.

I have also been very interested in the strange and stylised art of the Middle Ages. The freedom from the discipline of accurate representation liberates these works into an imaginative visual world that is, to me, far richer than the mere depiction of reality.

Although I keep hoping that my tastes will gradually move forward in time and that I will, in the end, catch up with the modern world my new enthusiasm is Late Antiquity. I am fascinated by how the Classical world gradually transformed into Medieval Christendom and the many continuities between the two cultures. Not least of these is the art of mosaic which has left a rich and detailed record of life in Late Antiquity.