Goats frequently populate my paintings: a subject matter relating to my farming upbringing, which continues to sustain my inquiry into the innate human desire for animal connection. A banal humour throughout grapples with power hierarchies and the complexities of domestication; using the writings of feminist scholar Donna Haraway as a guiding principle. My constant interrogation of the subject informs a research-based practice wholly applied to the act of painting, contributing to a developing practice encouraging experimentation and firmly committed to critical reflection.