Drawing and painting out in the landscape are an essential part of my work, using a sketchbook to record and gather information. Back in the studio this information is developed with varied paint surfaces and materials, (usually oil or acrylic). My work is primarily concerned with the experience and sensation of a particular location in the landscape…..places where I have walked or visited… which have inspired me.

“The titles are the names of places, meaning that there was an involvement there, at a special time: an experience affected by the weather, the season and the country, but above all concerned with the exact location and its spirit for me…………”

John Piper…, European Topography, Marlborough Fine Art 1969
(included in John Piper – Early Oils and Watercolours 3-31 July 1996 Spink & Son. London p.17)

- JS2011