My paintings are influenced and inspired by the natural world around me. I’ve always loved countryside and coast. I spend a lot of time outdoors walking my dogs, taking photographs and making observations and sketches to use in my art.

I literally yearn to be out and about; watching the landscape changing with the seasons, observing the clouds in the sky and the waves in the sea; checking out the shades of green in the meadow and the twists in the trees, it all really helps to create the knowledge I need to transfer my daily visions into paintings.

I'm the sort of person that gets bored with doing and seeing the same thing over again so my styles media and subjects are quite diverse. I bounce around with different ideas being inspired by so many things. If I live to be 100 I will never have time to paint everything that I want to. I have over 10,000 of my own photographs waiting to be painted. I love exploring and experimenting with techniques and styles.

I also regularly paint Commission pieces too, so…if you have a favourite place or pet, if you are looking for a specific subject for a gift… Why not commission your a painting?...you will be surprised how affordable it is.

'Painting time for me' has been quite limited in the past. So much of my time was taken up with preparing and delivering Painting and Drawing classes, workshops or demonstrations. I loved my job and I get pleasure from sharing my knowledge with others and watching them develop their own skill level. However I have now retired from teaching which has freed up some of my time ! The Painting groups are important and a lifeline to many, painting is a great hobby and the therapeutic benefits painting provides are huge; so I have kept some of my groups running as social painting groups, it's a worthwhile contribution to society.

I enjoy being a member of EDAN, it pushes me to keep painting and take part in their exhibition programme when I may otherwise not bother. Themed exhibitions stretch us into creating something we might otherwise never do.

I recently took up Sculpture. I've always wanted to try it. I was inspired by a lady called Debbie Court and attended one of her workshops in Cardiff. Working in Hand made paper clay has become my new art-form. As ever time constraints and now a new puppy hold me back from doing as much as I'd like too. They do say when you retire you have less time... I hope thats not true.

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