When I first discovered the world of photographic manipulation I thought that I'd discovered my own private 'heaven'. Like most people I threw every effect that I could find at any half way decently composed photo that I could find. The results were often bizarre and over the top but I found it too exciting to stop.

Reality has never been high on my list of priorities - so the constraints of trying to convey a recognisable and realistic image never worried me.

Art, stories and poems have always been important in my life and many of the images you will see were driven by the desire to express visually the words that I had read or to make a picture 'in the style of....' (my apologies to the 'great ones' that I have attempted to copy!)