Nor … has he ceased to exist; he has simply stepped into the quicksilver of a mirror as we all must…
To every one we turn a different face of the prism.

Laurence Durrell, 1962

Lawrence Durrell’s poetic figuration is one side of the prism that underlies this body of work. Some might recognise the presence of the artists that form another. The early application of photography to scientific theories on race, physiognomy and emotion are also a significant interest and were a starting point — alarmingly these pseudo scientific theories have renewed currency today.