This Sort Of Encouragement Is Vital For

Writing Can Be A Very Solitary Business. It's You Sat At A Desk Typing Words Into A Computer. It Can Get Lonely Sometimes And Lots Of Writers Live Quite Isolated Lives.

My Most Intimate Secrets? Well, If I Told You Those They Wouldn't Be Secrets Now, Would They? Seriously Though I Don't Have Too Many Secrets. I'm A Very Open And Honest Person, Sometimes Too Honest For My Own Good.

Some Writers Would Be Kinder Than Others, I'm Sure. Hopefully They Might Describe My Techniques As A Mixture Of Tried And Tested Formulas - If It Aint Broke Don't Fix It - And Unexpected Twists.

Painting Is A Matter Of Finding The Right Balance Between Consoling And Reassuring The Eye And Challenging And Disturbing The Eye.

The Joy Of Painting Lies Precisely In The Challenge Of Memory And The Challenge Of Translation From The Lived Experience To The Two-dimensional Or Three-dimensional Symbol.