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 never been interested in, much in the politics of the art world, it doesn't interest me.

The thing with high-tech is that you always end up using scissors.

I'm a bit claustrophobic, I don't like crowds, I live by the sea - that's what I see when I come out of my house in Bridlington.

In fact, most artists want to make things a bit more difficult for themselves as they go along, to challenge themselves.

I'm a bit claustrophobic, I know that now.

You must plan to be spontaneous.