INSPIRATION

My studio is surrounded by beautiful and varied countryside.

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I am very lucky that I am ten minutes from the sea, ten minutes from woodland, ten minutes from open downs and ten minutes from precious mud-flats.

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Every day I walk for two hours every day.  Rain or shine.

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I am hugely inspired by natural forms and the rhythms of the seasons and tides.

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I have been painting long enough to know that my painting follows a yearly cycle.

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In Spring my work has a lust for life.

In Summer an easy optimistic joy. 

In Autumn my work is more thoughtful and sombre. 

In Winter it has a starker quality. 

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Yesterday the clouds reminded me of Tiepolo's painting.  Associations like this permeate my work.