Image: Epona, Oil on Canvas, 153x122cm.

I approach painting, usually in oil, on primed or un-primed paper or primed canvas, with the slightest and minimal amount of planning. I prefer to allow the idea to develop on the canvas. Two figures can become one dominant character or one character can find itself in the company of several additional images, in a shallow landscape. I start with an idea, I work rapidly with thin paint – rather like you could approach a sketch – allowing the image to develop organically – in the hope that it will become a more complete, finished piece.