While I was at art college the Hubble Space Telescope started sending back remarkable images from millions of miles away, setting me off on this irresistible subject.

Many of the images lend  themselves to larger canvases (max. 4′ x 5′; i.e. 120 x 150 cms.). The smaller paintings range in size from 1ft. to 3ft. (30 to 90cms).They enliven the space they are in (perhaps compensating us for the dull periods we go through; perhaps waking us up in the morning).

I paint on canvas or wood, sometimes using gesso and varnish, with oil colour.

Much of the work evolves from experiment – the flexibility of oil paint allows change on the canvas, of colour, surface, composition etc.

It is relatively slow-drying, compared with acrylic paint, and can be ‘moved’ many hours after first being applied. Sometimes I have no clear idea of the final image, but this develops after starting a canvas. Hopefully!

I have corporate and private clients (and have exhibited) at home and abroad.

Creation and the Universe’ was the subject of a solo exhibition in Winchester Cathedral.