I think most people see drawing as subservient to the subject, a sort of meditation, a studying, a searching observation, in my case, for its own sake.

I used to paint landscapes without any people in them but now I paint people who happen to be in a particular place. They might be outside a pub, or on a beach or in a studio. They might have clothes on or they might not.

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

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

I have never subscribed to the Dirty Pallet school of painting.

I tried to learn the violin for a while.

I've had to do all kinds of jobs to pay the rent. I've even worked in a Cornish tin mine.