Having completed college I set up studio wherever I could. I returned to watercolour, which, for some reason, had been a frowned-upon medium whilst I was at college. I painted a lot and made substantial progress that I hadn’t managed at college.
In 1985 my paintings were first accepted by Hugh Clairmonte at Clairmonte Galleries. They were popular and sold quickly but I did not aim to make a full living from painting until ten years later.
Earning a living from painting was never my first intention but that’s one thing I do manage to do. Creating a painting, or any work of artistic expression gives me an unequalled sense of satisfaction and a feeling that life can be made bearable.
With my current exhibition, the intention is to exhibit thirty new paintings and some silkscreen prints. This exhibition features oils as well as watercolours.
The work in the show expresses my interest in light and colour, reflected and refracted, through water, across buildings, through sky and sea.

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