This solo exhibition presents a body of work using watercolour pigment on paper. This process extends from an ongoing fascination with fluid medium on paper which has recently involved hand made inks, drawing and printmaking processes. This exploration has gradually moved from abstraction towards a more representational language using tone. 'Liquid Light' extends this language further exploring the significance of location and place through colour and pigment. It is a subjective enquiry into memory and feelings (be)longing.

This current exhibition of work at 'Bottleworks' in Newcastle consists of 21 watercolour paintings exploring connections to place. Three of the key works in the exhibition 'Liquid Light' explore reflections on the surface of the Ouseburn river which is located directly outside the gallery. This post-industrial site is where Liddle-Henzell Glassworks was located, a major bottle manufacturer. Like many factories in the area it was responsible for polluting the river with contaminants including arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb). Many of these same chemicals are also found in traditional paint pigment.

Two of the water studies which have the title 'Fools Gold' are painted using water taken from the Ouseburn. Within the process of painting with watercolour it is the water evaporates and becomes an invisible trace whereas the pigment remains visible on the papers surface. These works attempt to explore what might be described as the ineffible.