Loosen up!
regularly travel around the UK and into France and beyond in search of new inspirations, accompanied by my wife Kate, in a camper van. I have a large box on the back of the camper van to carry my easel and equipment. Over the last few years painting outdoors has become a big part of my learning journey – I find it helps me to loosen up my painting style, improves observational skills and adds life to the painting. For me as an artist, painting on location is as good as it gets. I am self-taught and, with watercolour particularly, I learned that perseverance and lots of practice is required, but once you understand the medium it is such a joy to paint with. Having said that, studio work is important because you need this time
