Painting has and I hope always will be a journey of change and exploration. Studying the figure and painting from the nude model was my main love when I was at college; a great way to learn about drawing, colour, observation, and how to put something of myself into a painting.Drawing is something I find essential in all of my work. The drawn or painted line is about expressing what you feel about the particular subject matter on paper or canvas, it is the most basic and important tool an artist has.

From painting the nude I moved into exploring the surface of the canvas. Texture and therefore the materials used became the important factor in creating the image. Plaster, paint, collage, varnishes, whatever seemed to work, were and still are some of the materials used. Alchemy comes to mind, trying to create something beautiful from combining raw materials. At first its all experimentation but gradually it becomes part of your own language of painting (or constructions).