The Summer Span and Vernal Span series are based on gardens. These are a small haven in an urban environment. The space is composed in a Japanese manner where the perspective is arranged with the movement through the picture plane upwards. Conversely the paintings are made by pouring, dripping and scraping paint across the surface and then rotating it so that they are seen as horizontal stripes. The lack of depth reflects the more enclosed space of the garden. The perspective and space created is both surface and an illusion of depth contradicting each other. Just as the garden is enclosed and limited and the natural world is out of our control.