I’ve spent many decades experiencing the highs and lows of trying to express in paint what I see and feel about the world around me but my primary aim is to produce work that captures a sense of time and place, the weather and the season. I’m not concerned with detailed accuracy and I reserve the right to re-organise the elements of the composition to make a better picture and to leave out the parts that don’t contribute anything. Whether I’m working in a Moroccan souq or on a Scottish hillside, I want to end up with a painting that is good to look at when hung on a wall.
The Leather Souq, Marrakech. Watercolour 24 x 32 cm
Avenue Gabriel Peri, La Cadiere, Provence - Watercolour 26 x 26 cm