The paintings are done in series based on a common theme. For example, weather conditions like rain or snow are painted in a way to show the floating pattern of movement and direction of precipitation. Night scenes of motorways and passing trains are caught to show movement of light through the night which expresses speed. The seascapes show water in dramatic swirls and crashing waves. The English countryside is exploited for its full range of everchanging cloud formations and sweeping lines. The themes are based around change and the transcendence of it. Observation of an actual scene or an imagined scene, or an allegorical idea is the starting point. The paintings and drawings are made with direct brushstrokes or marks to make the viewer aware of the human hand making the image. The same is true of my clay sculpture as I make the simple calligraphic gestures of a bird, a spirit/ sprite or a horse form. Indents from a thumb or finger print are left visible and not smoothed over. The clay is squeezed or pushed into another shape drawn from memory or a symbolic idea of a winged form. The winged form arches or stretches upward in aspiration like a soul’s desire to be one with the sublime.