Crossing The Bridge

He has had several successful solo exhibitions as well as exhibiting in mixed exhibitions in the North West. He specialises in night scenes and cityscapes and conveying atmosphere. “I use a camera as a sketchbook.

The photographs I take are used not as rigid reference points, but as reminders of a scene. If I am to create a successful painting, it is because some of the original atmosphere and an emotional response is conveyed to the viewer.

This, in itself, is a mysterious process. Instinct comes into play. Risks have to be taken, colours and proportions changed until a point is reached where the picture seems to gain a life of its own. The reference photograph has then become almost irrelevant. ”

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