My architectural background draws from the urban landscape, looking for concealed ‘gems’ within bland back-lots, overhangs, and industrial clefts. I enjoy looking at the straightforward and find delight in refocused clarity and simplification. The unadorned becomes heroic, and a small, quiet beauty emerges.

My minimalist approach reduces visual ‘noise’ to a focused hum, elevating elements that invite closer inspection. Most overlook these surface defects, odd placements, and the discarded, but these details take on new status when isolated and exposed, rendered beautiful through their vulnerability.

“Unravelling the normalcy of the urban landscape is an ongoing challenge. Tuck describes this as “left-of-field” viewing — moving beyond the obvious to find a subtle shift or new vantage point that reframes the familiar.”