‘I am driven to paint every day, hoping always to paint boldly with a decent sized brush or occasionally palette knives, to convey the excitement I feel by the light and colour all around us, even under grey skies. I work from life, directly onto canvas or via sketches and studies taken while out on my adventures. I love visible, rhythmic, dancing brush strokes…indicative of the various music which often accompanies me when painting – textured, light, energetic with passages of calm. My dream is to lift the mood of you, the viewer, and to offer you a more joyful world, a more optimistic and colourful experience than the woeful news we are faced with daily. No academics, just my total love and connection to the natural world around us, a powerful awareness of the tender and transient beauty of living things ….as well as my deep seated need to create, which I believe is instinctive and vital for the well-being of all of us.’