My paintings are mostly inspired by subject matter that’s usually considered lowbrow or trashy, but what I consider to be important cultural reference points. I take a lot of influence from film and TV as well as posters and book and video cover art from the '70s and '80s. I enjoy exploring familiar tropes and clichés, combining them with themes of nostalgia and memories—some real, some imagined. I construct my own scenes and work from my own photographs. I love using dramatic, coloured lighting and cheap, throwaway textures and objects—things that are immediately recognisable but often associated with a lack of taste. My work explores, reflects and reimagines my own experiences of growing up in the 80s and 90s and a lot of the things I was exposed to: far, far too much TV, Point Horror books and a lot of McDonald's.