I have always been drawn to expressing the free spirit and the infinite horizons that nature presents. The ever changing natural states of the sea, the land and the skies that surround me in my home county Devon, have been a source of inspiration for a multitude of art forms for over 20 years.
I have been lucky enough to have spent a lot of time on a small island in Devon called Burgh Island where I have studied and experienced the forces of the elements and nature's course. This has been a constant and recurring theme in my work that has also given me a philosophical appreciation of our place here in this world and how we stand in the shadow of the vast power of nature.
Painted from memory, my work reflects a response to how a place feels not necessarily how it looks. Small signs of life like a lone sailing boat, a row of planted cypress trees or a breakwater symbolises man's intrinsic relationship with the elements. I travelled extensively alone throughout much of the world, from the tops of the Himalayas and Andes, to the coral reefs of the Great Barrier and the depths of the Amazon, so memories of mountains and valleys, beaches and winding roads stimulate a romanticised but philosophical aspect in my work.