In September 2004 I moved to Italy to take up the Sainsbury Scholarship in Painting and Sculpture at The British School at Rome. During my MPhil I had also developed a digital archive of images taken from various sources which served to both inform and accompany my practical and written work. Once in Rome I took this further, developing this working practice into the paper museum, an ongoing project that collects, sorts and catagorises objects collected in the form of their representation.

During my MPhil I had examined cloud as a device in visual representation, and how often it serves to form a link between the realms of the earth and heaven . I became interested in the way artists, particularly of the baroque period, have approached the problem of representing through physical means- whether in paint, sculpture or even architecture- the felt experience of a communication with the unseen and unseeable. While in Italy I took every opportunity to visit churches, monuments and collections, looking at the modes and methods employed in the representation of  both visual experience and imagination.

the following pages include a selection of work made during this time.