"An idea can start in clay, and as it develops, move into drawing and collage or film, or conversely back the other way" 

On the way to Hovingham
Acrylic and mixed media on board

The Road to Nawton
Acrylic paints and mixed media on board

Mist Rolling In
Acrylic and mixed media on card

In this latest series of work, I spend a lot of time out in the countryside around where I live or am staying.I draw fast 10 - 20 minute works to get the shapes, marks and feel of the place down on paper then I repeat the same process with paint but putting colour blocks down looking for the underlying colour. I intensely observe the landscape.  I take these drawings and paintings back into my studio and translate them into mixed media paintings. They hold a memory of the landscape I was in, but are not necessarily representative of any one place.