It's ironic that my work draws on imagery from encyclopaedias and 'books of knowledge' that I used to pore over as a boy, because my work is more about a lack of knowledge about the world.

Based on images from books from my childhood, my work is intended to create a sense of wonder about the world. The chosen images relate to ideas about masculinity together with a curious or naive view of the world.

Titles are very important to me and they often include two essential elements in my work, a gut response, or feelings we can instinctively relate to, together with ideas that are beyond our understanding.

I'm fascinated with how seemingly random images and text can sometimes create exotic or strange sensations. Our brains automatically try to solve visual puzzles and in doing so allow us to think and dream like children.

My work is about innocence, anticipation, excitement, wonder, confusion and fascination.