I have improved the way in which I paint. The colours are cleaner and there is more energy in the brush work.

I have been surrounded by artists and paintings throughout my life. My father Ted Dyer is an artist, and from a very early age I have spent time painting and drawing.

I use about 20 different colours to retain the luminance in my work.

During the winter when the weather is too poor to work outside, I do use drawings and photographs, but I change my work so it is not just a time and place study.

A man may go to heaven without health, without riches, without honors, without learning, without friends; but he can never go there without Christ.

I really enjoy squeezing out a big lump of paint directly onto the canvas and leaving it; fresh, immediate and sometimes shocking.

I still take photographs for my own use, personal studies. I do not feel that I can fully express my views through the medium and this is why I have moved towards painting.