I have been painting and drawing the landscape for many years, both outside and in the studio, the outside work being at the core of my approach. For me the experience of being in the landscape is more important than seeing the landscape as a “scene” or “view”. The landscape’s largeness, aliveness, continual change, and the ongoing relentless push of nature are what I respond to. The painting and drawing materials are used to develop connections with the many sensations that come with being in the landscape, using these to make an image of how I perceive and feel them interacting with each other. I am very engaged with the actual process of painting and drawing, trying to push through, by directness and simplicity, to a unique and coherent image that could not have been foreseen or predicted.