Inspiration

My subjects are atmospheric landscapes, peaceful snowscapes, dramatic seascapes, colourful flowers and striking abstracts

“In my watercolours I try to capture the mood and essence of place rather than a photographic reproduction. My seascapes try to emulate the power of the sea. The abstract expressionist canvases are about life journeys and they consist of texture and reflected light. These paintings have spontaneity whilst asserting a certain amount of control. Hints of subtle colour touch the glossy relief paint and my latest abstracts have a sparkling gem effect which change colour and move around the picture plane according to one’s viewpoint.”

The Artists from the past who inspire me and have influenced my work are:

Max Ernst with the hallucinatory quality of his frottage technique; the serene melancholy of Caspar David Friedrich’s landscapes; Turner’s magical atmospheric effects of light; the mysterious quality of Atkinson Grimshaw’s night-scapes; Wassily Kandinsky and Mark Rothko with their emotional and spiritual value of colour and lastly, but not least Jackson Pollock with his pourings and drippings, whose spontaneity I admire.