Textures, markings and scars are key features of the work and come together to create complex surfaces. I use the patterns of nature, the geographical terrain, physical aspects of the landscape, archaeological layering, incised and scribbled lines, laceration, graffiti and decay. The media I use ranges from clay and plaster to paint and canvas to digital imaging.

My concern for the living world, my physical environment and the relationship between people and nature are a result of living in many varied cultures. My early schooling was in Iran, where my father worked in the oil industry. My early life in this ancient culture of extraordinary creativity, art and craft, expressed architecturally and domestically, influenced my own creativity. Later, at art college in the UK, my influences became European and included artists such as Lucie Rie, Hans Coper and Lucio Fontana.

Living in Australia, a country of extraordinary beauty and fragility, with its deserts and rainforests and its many endangered animals and birds, now creates a major influence on my work. A few years ago I investigated the nature and beauty of fossil remains and used this information symbolically in an exhibition entitled Fragility & Extinction. More recently I have developed a series of new work around the theme of the container as a burial form.