About Me
Sketching the local pumpkin festival in Manikata
For me, there's nothing more exhilarating than painting really fast from something that's happening right in front of me. Trying to capture the atmosphere, the colour, the music and whatever else is going on is a challenge I love, but more than anything it's my fascination with the way that musicians blend into their instruments and become fused with the music. Or dancers go beyond their physical bodies into a space where any movement seems possible.
As an artist, I can track that feeling through my colour and sensitivity, my ability to draw quickly and the sheer joy of the moment.
I trained as an Illustrator because at the time (the '70's) it was the only course I could find that taught good solid drawing techniques. It has stood me in good stead ever since.
I still love to work from models, nude or clothed, and I always have a sketchbook with me. There is something endlessly fascinating about trying to capture the human condition.....
The connection that this creates between myself and the model becomes an intuitive feeling for anatomy and movement, so whether I am trying to paint, say, Flamenco dancers, a bass player or even an animal, I really feel as if I am inside them, moving in the same way.
It is an odd feeling, but rather wonderful too. I even get a similar feeling with landscapes and inanimate objects, which I assume is a kind of synesthesia......
All I know is that I love what I do, and am extremely lucky to be able to do it!
As an artist, I can track that feeling through my colour and sensitivity, my ability to draw quickly and the sheer joy of the moment.
I trained as an Illustrator because at the time (the '70's) it was the only course I could find that taught good solid drawing techniques. It has stood me in good stead ever since.
I still love to work from models, nude or clothed, and I always have a sketchbook with me. There is something endlessly fascinating about trying to capture the human condition.....
The connection that this creates between myself and the model becomes an intuitive feeling for anatomy and movement, so whether I am trying to paint, say, Flamenco dancers, a bass player or even an animal, I really feel as if I am inside them, moving in the same way.
It is an odd feeling, but rather wonderful too. I even get a similar feeling with landscapes and inanimate objects, which I assume is a kind of synesthesia......
All I know is that I love what I do, and am extremely lucky to be able to do it!