When I am painting, I look for the essential elements of my subject often working through a number of changes or studies before reaching a satisfactory conclusion.  Ideas may begin by noticing the how light falls on familiar objects around me at home or enjoying  the luminous colours of land and seascape in Cornwall where I live.  

I make drawings and studies whenever I come across something that strikes me as unusual or interesting.  Then I use my sketchbook notes of those particular shapes, colours and relationships  to  bring back certain memories of that moment.  By contemplating and rediscovering through this process I begin the journey of making the painting.