I accept that it is certainly easy to see my work as anthropomorphic, to think that I have endeavoured to make them look like us, but I am actually far more interested in the notion of anthropocentrism and how we humans place ourselves at the centre of the animal kingdom. On a more practical level, I often compose my images to draw the viewer's eye to the regions of interest within my subject’s face, such as the eyes or mouth, to further enhance the sense of depth and dimension. I like to navigate the viewer’s eye to those areas that I find most interesting, and that, in turn, I want to share by changing edges and tone, developing character and personality, and evoking empathy.