Artist Statement:
For me painting is about three things. It is about revelation, communication and celebration. By revelation I mean giving people a way of seeing, revealing the world around them in a way they have never seen before, opening their eyes. The first time I became conscious of this was as a young man. I was painting a railway siding in North London. A railway worker stopped to watch me paint and after some time said 'Young man I have walked across this place for many years and this morning forthe first time I see that it is beautiful.' That was a revelation for me.

By communication I mean revealing the world with a personal language, speaking directly in an instantly recognisable style. The artist spends his life refi...