I started painting in 1971 with oils, having also tried watercolours - it was a move to living on the that really fired my enthusiasm, getting to know acrylic paints, plus the fantastic seascapes!I thank the people of Orkney for their fantastic support that started me on a career as a professional artist and later a lovely Gallery in the Scottish Borders and a very successful business with my artwork reproduced as prints and cards.Now living in I can return to my art with new challenges of subject, light and form.I paint to capture a scene and the emotion it creates.I want you to be able to look at my work and not just see a view, but an opportunity to experience a journey, to travel into the scene - a walk on the moors - through woodland - up a narrow river gorge past waterfalls or across a beach, always with a view to the horizon, and to experience the feelings , emotions and perhaps memories such journeys can stimulate.