The Metal Collection is my first body of work. The walking I do in the White Mountains (Lefka Ori) in Western Crete has had a strong influence across the series. Motifs of Kri-Kri, vultures, cypress, oak and olive trees all feature heavily as do the yellow, white, pink and red of the abundant flowers adorning the landscape in Spring. The mountains are depicted using layers of metal leaf. The sky is always gold leaf.