Painting is seen as picture making, the making of an art object, something that can stand on its own.

I have never subscribed to the Dirty Pallet school of painting.

I have to experiment with methods and I'm trying to find an authentic way of making an equivalent of the living, breathing person within the limits of a single picture.

Every now and then one paints a picture that seems to have opened a door and serves as a stepping stone to other things.

I never know what it's going to look like. Wouldn't be much point in painting if I already knew the outcome. I have a subject in front of me and I start flooding colour and making marks, I don't know, it's improvisation isn't it?

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.