I will be showing local pictures of Heyford wharf, the Oxford Canal and Oxford. Also works from around the UK - especially London and Nottingham. And pictures from travels around the world: Greece, Holland, Italy, France and New York. Almost all my pictures are based on sketches or photographs of places I have visited.

There are often buildings in my pictures – in country, urban or coastal settings. What attracts me is the atmosphere and mood of the scene.

I work largely in soft pastel, but there are also some watercolours.

I have sketched since I was nine, but started painting more substantial pictures only after I retired. It was about five years ago that I first began to use pastel -- which surprised me, because when I first tried it a long time ago, I didn't get on with it. I found it messy and unresponsive. But I now realise I was using a cheap, brittle set of pastels that I'd bought on the high street. Most pastels you can buy from an art shop are a delight to use, and are much more resposive. It's so simple to add pure colour to the paper in an an instant. You need no water or white spirit or other medium ...just pure pastel.