Painting with my hands I create dreamy ethereal pieces that are reminiscent of landscapes I have seen or imagined. My lively gestural painting style enables me to convey an impression of a subject which is rooted in reality not bound by it. I create instinctively: colours and shapes flow with an energy of their own. I often rotate the canvas as I paint, so that the piece can have no fixed orientation, it is up to the viewer to choose. The marks made by my brush or my fingers form the shapes of abstracted land, sea and floral scapes. Its a process of play with colour, texture, layering, adding and wiping with my hands. Paint, pastel and charcoal blend to form harmonious layers of colour and rich textures. Rather than looking to achieve realism and detail in my work I now go to the studio and try to listen to an inner voice that allows me to work spontaneously, thinking about colour, shape and texture. The work on show here has been done in the last two years. If you like what you see, I'd love for you to come and visit my studio in Bourton.