I never know what it's going to look like. Wouldn't be much point in painting if I already knew the outcome. I have a subject in front of me and I start flooding colour and making marks, I don't know, it's improvisation isn't it?

I tried to learn the violin for a while.

When I look at some of my old work, the pieces I find most interesting are the ones with people in them.

Painting is seen as picture making, the making of an art object, something that can stand on its own.

You could always go on changing things but there comes a time when you have to decide to stop.

I never know what it's going to look like. Wouldn't be much point in painting if I already knew the outcome. I have a subject in front of me and I start flooding colour and making marks, I don't know, it's improvisation isn't it?

I had been living with dialysis for three years or so, and the new kidney felt like a reprieve, a new gift of life. I felt alive again and I guess that has had an effect on my use of colour.