Born in a post troubles Belfast he brought a mistrust from home when he moved, an unwillingness to conform, an interest in the idea of the outsider. The years after graduating where spent living in studios caravans and squats. moving regularly, carrying objects of sentimental importance from one place to the next.

His work has become interested in memory and how it is encapsulated in objects. we carry these possessions with us from one domestic space to the next, framing our identity around these physical things that connect us to the past. After exploring these themes through his oil paintings, he has felt compelled in creating objects in which he uses various materiality's and processes to imbue his own memories and thought upon them. A symbiosis has developed between his flat works and the physical objects that he makes. One informing the other in a continuous cycle. The paintings express his socio-political views and are played out in broad compositions inviting the viewer to investigate objects, their importance and their relationships to each other. The paintings Combine memories, architectural designs and often are derived from photographic documentation of his life. Spaces are constructed and distorted in order to convey an insight into the experience. Objects and figures in various states of solidity suggest a transience to the existence. His paintings are a sculptural endeavour in themselves, often becoming a record of spaces and experiences that existed on a temporary basis, before inevitably being deconstructed and moved on.