Occupation: Artist Birth: 1968
I have lived in Cornwall from the age of 4, so I have always been aware of the artistic heritage that the county has. I feel very proud to be able to….
During the winter when the weather is too poor to work outside, I do use drawings and photographs, but I change my work so it is not just a time and ….
St. Michaels Mount is a favourite place of mine; people will walk across to the Mount all day and assume they will be able to walk home. The spectacl….
I still take photographs for my own use, personal studies. I do not feel that I can fully express my views through the medium and this is why I have ….
I love the sea's sounds and the way it reflects the sky. The colours that shimmer across its surface are unbelievable. This, combined with the colour….
I realised that if I did what I wanted to do, it would work..
The paintings by Van Gough and Chagall had a big influence on me..
I used to own a dingy and can still sail one if pushed, but I like the pleasure boats..
The majority of my work is from life. I spend most fine days from May to October painting outside..
And see the rivers how they run Through woods and meads, in shade and sun, Sometimes swift, sometimes slow, Wave succeeding wave, they go A various j….
My optimism for life carried through my work..
And he that will this health deny, Down among the dead men let him lie..
The most amazing thing to me about the sea is the tide. A harbour like St. Ives is totally transformed in a very short space of time by the arrival o….
I use about 20 different colours to retain the luminance in my work..
I was told I was talented when I applied to Falmouth School of Art and that I should consider skipping the course and proceeding directly to degree l….
Digital media has destroyed much of the magic and mystery of the medium..
In some parts of the world there is very little tidal movement..
I want to paint big, bright, optimistic pictures of the place I love..
I paint what I see, not what a camera would see..
The lifestyle that an artist can have, the freedom to wander in the landscape with no real pressure or deadlines, was a very attractive one..
I really enjoy squeezing out a big lump of paint directly onto the canvas and leaving it; fresh, immediate and sometimes shocking..