Artist Statement:
Drawing has been at the heart of my work, and my students were taught to use a sketchbook consciously, happily and freely. I now treasure my own sketchbooks that span over 40 years.
The style emerging is far more personal and experimental as my age and experience become more important (never stand still!). There is a deep relationship with my much-loved immediate environment.
Through a flick of colour or a splash of tone, a thought may be communicated through art. Decades of past experience in life and in technique — and you know it never stops.
These paintings at ‘The Red Barn’ are of my familiar themes, but in different media, of which I never tire. Most are of home: my house, my garden, all adapted to my painting needs.
An artist’s home is never dull. There is always a change of light, or a placing of a still life or garden pots that alters our perception of place and of the times we live in.