I paint in response to the natural world around me. I am stirred to observe the intensity of colour caused by the quality of light, the changing seasons and the strong spiritual affinity I sense when I visit certain places, which seem special to me.

My paintings of Cornwall were directly motivated by the value of the radiance of the clear air, but underlying that, I found places and things with which I empathised.

Cornwall was a spiritual base from which my confidence in my work originated.

Now that I am working in Scotland, I find the rich diversity of subject material a great inspiration, but it is the natural world; the lochs, glens, beaches, rocks and watercourses exposed with a clear brightness which stimulates my activities.

I like to work with speed, and to keep a vividness and freshness to my images, and so I use acrylic paints and inks to achieve my effects.

All my pictures are suitable for framing either glazed or unglazed.