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

I realised that if I did what I wanted to do, it would work.

I apply paint directly from the tube and with my fingers.

I decided to become a painter when my first four paintings where all published and attracted a great deal of interest. I exhibited one of them and it was sold.

I studied for my degree in London and consequently ended up spending five years away from Cornwall. I deliberately moved away from the coast to experience a different way of life.

The paintings by Van Gough and Chagall had a big influence on me.

I want to paint big, bright, optimistic pictures of the place I love.