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“"What We See We Believe" is based on my interest in the coexistence and affinity between humans and animals. I drew my inspiration and energy to create this painting mainly from these relations and the associated emotions. Although I want to transmit a certain atmosphere with this work I think that my approach gives a lot of room to individual associations leaving the spectator with his/her own imagination.”
“"I suppose for me as an artist it wasn't just about expressing my work; I really wanted, more than anything else, to contribute in some way to the culture that I was living in." - David Bowie. An inspiration to all artists, Bowie's work not only contributed to the culture he was living, but will continue to inspire and impact many generations to come. This artwork is a one off piece, dedicated the rock icon, Bowie and his fight against cancer, showing his strength in the glory days and reminding us to live each day as if it were our last.”
“In our works we use anthropomorphic characters as a symbol of connection between adult and child, modern human and primitive. These characters have always been the first conductors into the world, to the knowledge through myths, fairy tales, cartoons, toys. Anthropomorphism impersonates irrationality, fantasy, mythological consciousness and a sense of immortality - what we lose when we grow up (each person and humanity as a whole). Our characters contain this idea of changes and connection.”
“My favourite view in the world - just at the end of the lane next to my son's school in Cornwall. Every day I walk past the gap in the hedge that suddenly opens up to reveal this view, with trees, sweeping hills, fields of different crops, hedges and houses. It is a gorgeous view any time of the year and I constantly return to it to capture it in every season and all weathers.”
“Homeward is a dream sequence, semi-abstracted landscape, encompassing both light and dark elements, and full of possibility. The painting is part of a new gesso and acrylic landscape series inspired by the natural world and based on mood, feeling and spirit. This work was completed over a number of days, during which time the 'identity' of the painting altered as several times it appeared finished, but I was drawn back to re-work the piece. However, I am satisfied now that as it appears is how it should be. Finally.”
“I painted this in December 2015 as a reaction against the long grey wet weeks that have been the British winter so far. It has a stag in the centre of a poppy field who stands out of focus waiting. The stag is an ongoing muse for me and is spiritual symbol - a guide to somewhere better, a messenger for nature. I see a lot of deer in Sussex and I love the way they appear and then disappear from the trees. I may have passed 50 now but I confess I still believe in magic.”
“This Sitting Female Nude is dedication to the punk band Pussy Riot, which symbolizes protest against corrupted regimes and the fight for freedom of speech. The masked sitting woman holds her hands crossed like she is ready to be jailed and wear handcuffs. It wasn't easy to finish this painting, but when it was done I felt like I had achieved something important to me - both artistically and in terms of expressing my attitude.”
“I absolutely love raku-fired pottery. Since I don't own a kiln, nor am I a pottery artist, trying to capture the essence of them in a painting was my goal. I used asphaltum and bronze coloured acrylic paint only, mixing them to achieve a very earth-rich colour and feeling.”
“This image, 'stardust', is the next in the "In Defense of Daydreaming" series, in which I am exploring the use of photography to express poetic themes. This quote from Neil Gaiman's novel 'Stardust' which sums up perfectly what I want to say: "He stared up at the stars: and it seemed to him then that they were dancers, stately and graceful, performing a dance almost infinite in its complexity. He imagined he could see the very faces of the stars; pale, they were, and smiling gently, as if they had spent so much time above the world, watching the scrambling and the joy and the pain of the people below them, that they could not help being amused every time another little human believed itself the centre of the world, as each of us does."”
“One of the most beautiful scenes here in the Northwest USA is the fields of wildflowers that are pretty constant from April to October. The bright and cheerful colors of the flowers give a beautiful contrast to our hills full of evergreen trees. Sometimes the fields of flowers mixed with grasses look so soft and airy. That is what I wanted to accomplish in this original watercolor painting "Wildflower Valley". So you can have a piece of summer inside with you all year - even if its cloudy and grey!”
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