I’ve always like cinema and film, so photography seemed like a natural extension of that. One of my favorite filmmakers, Stanley Kubrick started off his career as a photographer when he was a kid. I found his street photography work and decided to take the plunge into photography.

Photography was always in the mix too. I began photographing when I was a teenager with my aunt’s Pentax K1000. My aunt, Susan, went to art school and she had a darkroom in our family home. Photography kind of just stuck with me from there.

Painting allows me to express myself while being in tune with my mind. Thinking without using words makes the brain operate quite differently to usual. This is what I find particularly fascinating about painting. It’s a world in its own right.