My paintings have always been an expression of my love of landscape and the wilder elements of our own relating to the land; since I can remember, I have been deeply influenced by the mythology and symbolism of San rock art, especially ancient rock engravings found across remote desert landscapes in the Northern Cape and Namibia. There was a time when I painted regularly and even undertook commissions – including a rather nice experience with a series of paintings for the South African parliament – but those days are in the past. The selection of paintings above was painted in 2022 in our Cotswolds cottage and for my own enjoyment of painting – and no doubt a response to living so far away from the landscapes that were once my deepest inspiration...