About

I'm interested in representing the perceptions one gets from a scene rather than the detail contained within it. Good drafting is an essential part of this process but only in so much that it creates an architecture or a spacial framework for the colour and texture, the tonal contrasts, and the hard or soft edges of the composition to sit within. I think that the allure of a successful painting is in what it suggests rather than what it shows clearly. I try to think of colours as relationships between one another rather than isolated swatches on a colour wheel or paint tube. I am constantly seeking clear painted strokes and all the other ways of making a painterly mark. These marks are my friends when they fight my cause, but my foe when they conspire against me in my regular warfare on the canvases' battlefield. Living on the river in Putney provides easy access to a wealth of subject matter, much of which I include in my early oil paintings.

Take a look at my Landscape and Still life galleries for a selection of works for sale.

I have current shows. See my Exhibitions page for dates.