Being an artist is my life, and in no way could I imagine being, or doing, anything else.

I experience both beautiful and sad things through everyday life and these experiences generate  a strong need to paint. Using colour through this wonderful medium, I express what I see and  feel, and in turn I learn and discover new ways in which to express what I feel and the ideas that  enter my mind.  When I start a painting, I focus on an idea or experience I once encountered, and let my feelings  take control. At times the reaction I get is that the painting starts to take on a completely new  direction to the initial one I had in mind. It takes on its own character as it were, however I am  its creator and to this extent I have complete control over the end result. Because I detect this…