Light and shade has fascinated me ever since I picked
up my first pencil and started drawing as a child.
I soon learnt that the most wonderful method of expressing
light and shade was via the human form.
Painting the human figure started for me whilst reading
Renoir. I learnt much while copying his masterpieces,
studying every brushstroke and use of colour. The
height of this period in my career was being commissioned
to paint a ceiling mural of eight bathers in Renoir
style. Although this undertaking was very hard work
(I still have a crick in my neck to this day), it
was the most enjoyable of my commissions to date.
Moving on, I concentrated on using glass as my canvas,
painting wild life and country scenes for window and
door panels. After a period of teaching glass art
at Harlow College, I eventually picked up my acrylics
again and gradually developed my current style.
My art now takes light and shade to it’s extreme.
Apart from male and female figures, I also paint portraits
of personalities. The canvases I like most are those
that have such little detail, yet come alive when
viewed.
