I really like a quote from the American thinker William James who said:

"We are like islands in the sea, separated on the surface but connected in the deep."

because for me, in this way, we are all an intrinsic part of the landscape of nature - a landscape that I explore as a scientist and artist.

I am Girl in the Tangerine. I am an environmental scientist and as an artist I seek to celebrate the terrain which bridge the science and the wider community. In my artwork, I express my passion for science and my emotional connections with the environment. Topography plays the dominant role in this process.

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I marvel at landforms – their diversity, infinite shapes, textures and colours. Geological maps are the scientific expression of this natural beauty, expressing the surface and the hidden depths. In my art, I add an abstract dimension to geological maps, collided and re-formed – like the rocks they represent – aimed at guiding the viewer to understand that science is itself a celebration of beauty.