Places affect me. When I find a landscape that moves me, I take photos which become the starting point for my work in the studio. I paint in a very intuitive way, building up paint on canvas in thin washes then eventually thicker impastos. Experimenting with mediums and glazes and colour upon colour, I add or take away until the feeling seems right. This interpretation of a landscape is an exciting process for me, and this new collection of work is increasingly abstract. I begin at one location and the process takes me on a journey to a new place – imagined and at the same time, remembered. The finished work is always a surprise.  In the end there must be an emotional connection to the final painting,for me and ultimately for the viewer.