My work is about landscape. In my paintings I try to convey the spirit and reality of a place. I believe that landscape still holds the key to emotions, feelings and spirituality. The solitude of moorland, mountains, sea and coastline I find deeply affecting, an awareness of the rhythm and energy that invests landscape with a meaning that transcends its outward appearance.

Many locations are heavy with the weight of history and the effects of man’s interaction, something that can be sensed but often not seen, as little “visual” evidence may remain above ground. Some of my paintings are fairly topographical but many are not. This is not very important to me as I aim to distil some aspect of the inner reality or spirit of a place.

I usually walk an area, then draw or paint there and then. In the studio I use this raw material to create a work that is true to my experience. By allowing other elements, such as memory, to enter the picture making process at this stage the work becomes richer and, to me, more meaningful.
I usually work in series and return to the same themes as I find better ways of expressing my ideas.