I produce images of suburban dissonance by blurring physical and psychological reality. Using our shared knowledge and preconceptions of suburbia, I want to question contemporary notions of anomie, the abject and the exotic. Recurrent motifs are the shadow and anachronistic signs of cultural appropriation; significantly the monkey puzzle tree (Araucaria Araucana), used to decorate Victorian suburbia, and now a reminder of British colonial activity in the nineteenth century. Via autographic marks and hand processing, this recent series of photo etchings record the interplay of my personal encounters, consequential research and studio practice. They are archivally mounted on untreated wooden tray supports to imply a sense of the provisional, a hybrid aesthetic of Arts and Crafts and the local architects’ planning office.