Each painting is a new adventure. Sometimes I start with sketches of ideas and sometimes I start with the blank canvas. My ideas can simmer over weeks or boil over hours.

I have always enjoyed looking at art from a very young age. I must have been soaking up all those paintings for sometimes I paint something and I am reminded of the shadows from this painting or ‘the tone of that one. 

I am extremely fortunate in that I have two muses. Filbert, my cat, often sits with me whilst I paint. He will lie down on the bed and alternate between dozing and criticising my work. Sometimes I pay attention to what he suggests, other times I ignore.

My other muse is my wonderful wife, Maria. She has been so supportive of my artistic endeavours; she, too, can be critical, but I always listen to her.