In this video I share some new paintings with you and chat a little about deciding when artworks are finished. I also talk about the layers of meaning behind a painting.

Unpicking what a painting is about or why we create in the way we create is an interesting and sometimes complex tapestry.

This series is inspired by a walk in nature and looking at the shapes of leaves and plants. And also…

The paintings are influenced by my childhood, by distant memories, by living by the sea, by my emotions and by my sketchbook…

We bring our whole selves to our art making, our visual quirks and sensibilities, our personality, our preferences, our life of experiences and we combine all these things, sometimes completely unconsciously, sometimes consciously in ways which are personal and unique to us, painting is often a process of making the unknown, known…