I paint mainly in watercolour as I find that this allows me to indulge a passion for sunlight and shadow, for skies and for reflections in water. I want the painting to convey the rush of water in the spate river, to capture the serenity of a Cumbrian lakeside when there is no one else there and to see the first snowfall of autumn against the colours of the turning trees and the backdrop of snow on the mountains.

 In all paintings, the greatest challenge for me is to create the atmosphere and mood, wherever it is. 

Having always lived in Gloucestershire, I have an inbuilt love of the countryside, the stone, the pretty villages and the hills.  Many of my paintings also depict scenes of faraway places which I find different, inspiring, exciting and unspoilt."