Since 2002 I have been documenting the decline of the industrial revolution in Salford and Manchester. My work has focused on the regeneration of areas of Salford ignored by many for the past 40 years. I have painted and photographed Mills and bridges, relics of the past now isolated in a time that has no use for them. I focused on the marks and messages of the local population left as graffiti and painted what I found.

I have also worked with members of the local community in a number of arts based projects, encouraging them to produce their own expression of the world around them. My paintings hope to evoke a feeling for place and also act as a document to time. My public art work aims to foster social inclusion and increased sense of place.