Watercolour fascinates me...

It's the combination of discipline and freedom to wait patiently while washes are drying, not being tempted to adjust during the drying process, and freedom, because every mark the brush makes means something. Therefore a brush stroke can suddenly become a tree, shadows, rocks, conscious all the time that a wrong move or lack of patience will ruin what has already been created.

And landscape ...

As a child, landscape represented a connection to one's roots, whether it was a painting by my Czech Uncle Ladia of the Krakenos mountains or a photo of our Scottish Aunties on the shores of Loch Lomond. Landscape evoked emotions of belonging and family. Later, after becoming a born again Christian the landscape became a demonstration of God's magnificent presence in creation, especially with the ever-changing light and dramatic weather patterns found particularly in the western Isles. Because of this, my work is unashamedly representational enabling everyone to recognise and react emotionally to the location and elements portrayed.

I draw my inspiration from James Fletcher-Watson, one of Britain's finest landscape watercolourists, Edward Wesson for economy of brush strokes and John Singer Sargeant for his incredible ability to take the very ordinary and turn it into something beautiful.

I trust you'll enjoy viewing my work, further examples can be found at my gallery in Aird on the Isle of Skye and on this web site.