My work is about the effect of time on and in the landscape, the evocation of the seasons and my close encounters with them, the buildings, the objects both man-made and natural, the tactile quality of stone, wood, metal, paint, water and the earth formed by the elements over time. I am also excited by the marks left in the landscape by man, such as the ploughed field, footmarks in the sand, stone circles or the machine cut hedge. I use colour like a major or minor key in music, suggesting and reflecting the mood of my subject matter.

I never quite know what is going to happen to my work when I start a piece. The images often go through many changes over a long period with shapes moving and colours changing. I only slowly find the solutions to the problems I set myself. My interest in photography has helped me see more closely the shapes that are made by constant movement, as in the sky, water, fire and earth.

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