My work is based on historical/mythological symbolism; "an archaic tale, imaginatively describing or accounting for natural religious or supernatural phenomena especially by personification", "a lineage of history possessing both grandeur and enigma, at times magnificently absurd", "the implied nature of emotive forms still identifiable in the stirrings of our primitive psyche and passed down through poetry, song, folklore and legend." I utilise the power of the symbolic document while speculating on the cryptic truths within.

The Death of a Mermaid series is based on the Mermaid symbol, an image with strong historical and traditional references. From the Greek Aphrodite ("risen from sea foam") - Botticelli's "Birth of Venus" is an exact icon of her Greek cult status - to English ballad Poetry where the mermaid stands for the bitter sweetness of love and for the danger run by susceptible mariners. Eastern European legend refers to her as "a beautiful yet terrifying figure able to transform into human form." Based on this last definition, I script possibilities, transformation, death and decay. A hint at darker intrigues.