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

I was told I was talented when I applied to Falmouth School of Art and that I should consider skipping the course and proceeding directly to degree level.

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

I love the sea's sounds and the way it reflects the sky. The colours that shimmer across its surface are unbelievable. This, combined with the colour of the water over white sand, surprises me every time.

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 paint what I see, not what a camera would see.

And he that will this health deny, Down among the dead men let him lie.