I have drawn things all my life; still have old school books with sketches in the margins, mainly heads and other body parts!
Much of my work celebrates the joy of which I experienced working in nature conservation for practically twenty years, the furniture and residents of woods, shores and heath land. Before that, while I lived in Covent Garden, I found wonderful subjects in bustling markets, the flats of the river and its boats and cranes, and in the buildings being demolished, restored, scaffolded.
My major enthusiasm is people. I enjoy straight portraiture – although it can be a dangerous occupation! I enjoy most of all constructing ideas from groups of people, they don’t sell particularly well, but then I’m not Hogarth.
