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My paintings are inspired by nature. Often it is the wonderful British countryside, from peaceful pastoral scenes to dramatic cliffs and coastline, that moves me to paint. Trips overseas are also a rich source of material - the huge snow-capped mountains, crystal clear rivers and alpine meadows of New Zealand, azure seas and Roman ruins in Italy. My aim is to show more than "just" the view however. I want my paintings to convey a sense of time and place - the time of day, the weather, the light, how it would feel to be there. More than ever I am motivated to portray light and mood in my landscape paintings.
Portraits are also inspired by nature, of course, and I believe that a good portrait can show more of a person's personality than photographs often do. I love the many challenges of portraiture: getting a likeness, of course, but also the excitement of capturing something of the sitter's essence.
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