About

Welcome to my world of landscape painting, where the changing light, atmosphere and character of East Anglia and the landscapes of Australia are transformed through observation, memory and imagination.
I paint not simply to convey what a place looks like, but how it feels to stand within it and experience its presence.
I aim to convey the never-ending rapid changes in tone and colour as light moves across the landscape and where eventually memory and imagination play a large part in finalising the composition. Air and light vary continually and for me it is capturing the essence of those changes that forms the driving force in my work. 
 

Following graduation from Walthamstow School of Art, I trained at the Royal Academy Schools from 1963-1966.  My early work was large-scale and strongly influenced by Pop Art and Surrealism. This led to an interest in Photorealism and The Brotherhood of Ruralists leading to summer exhibitions at the Piccadilly Gallery, Cork Street and Anthony Tooth Gallery, London.

As a contemporary landscape painter my work frequently moves between figuration and abstraction. Rather than re-creating images on canvas, I aim to express their deeper symbolism.

Although my recent work is more experimental I still have forays back into figurative painting. "It's a bit of an obsession, hard to abandon altogether, immensely pleasurable to pursue, and often challenging to achieve . . ."

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