You are always told, ‘Art is not therapy, you must stride resolutely forward and illuminate the world with your vision!’. Well, I am not driven by any great purpose, I am not sure if I have any story to tell. One thing is for sure, art offers me a warm comfort blanket from the world. I can’t imagine what response I would have got if I used that line during a critique. I am finding that art acts as an antidote to a world filled with technology. As technology advances it seems just to be a distraction from things that really matter. The act of mixing colour and making images is so elemental and primitive that it gives me a reassurance that some things will always be this way.
Northumberland landscape 1. Day 6