I had always planned to make a large painting of the early spring, when the first leaves are at the bottom of the trees, and they seem to float in space in a wonderful way. But the arrival of spring can't be done in one picture.

I believe that the very process of looking can make a thing beautiful.

I have got an iPad, what a joy! Van Gogh would have loved it, and he could have written his letters on it as well.

Everything does come from nature. That's where you get new ideas. Just draw the landscape. I felt doing it with a bit of burnt wood was also good because I was drawing burnt wood with a piece of wood. I wanted to do black and white. After using color, I thought black and white would be good. You can have color in black and white. There is color in them, actually.

I've always been a looker. Loads of people say, "I never saw that" - but that's what artists do.

I'm not really looking for theater work. But if somebody approaches me with enthusiasm, I might respond.

What I didn't know was I was deeply attracted to the big space.