When I‘m working I’m drawn to the works of artists that help me through whatever it is I’m working on. This is why it was so amazing living in London, before Covid you could run to any gallery you wanted at the drop of a hat, there was an immediacy. Now it seems you have to book weeks in advance. It’s completely understandable, however it’s left me feeling rather spoiled. Over lockdown I tried to create this intimate dialect in an obsessive book buying habit. As I feel I’m continuously developing at the moment I indulged myself in whatever artists’ volumes I wanted. It’s crucial to me to have these intimate dialects with artists I relate to from the past. It somehow gives me confidence to continue with the endeavour of making work.