While I love many of the impressionists  and some modernist work, I’ve always been drawn to the work of the old masters. While my paintings might not always reflect this, I suppose I’m a traditional realist at heart, and nothing gives me greater pleasure in my painting than trying to capture some of the glory of our natural world in a realist, representational manner.

My aim as an artist is to create objects of beauty – not simply decorative work –  which have depth and joy, and which lift the soul and spirit of those who view them. That’s the aim; how far short I fall of that is up to you to decide!

My landscapes are mostly of the area where I live, County Waterford, in Ireland. This part of the world has everything a landscape artist could wish for; woods, sea, mountains, rivers, bogs, and incredible cloudscapes, all under a constantly changing light.

Nature has so many moods, so many subtleties of light and shade which can change on a minute-by minute basis, let alone a daily one, that I find I could paint the same scene again and again and still find it fresh and new each time.

I love trying to capture the light in my paintings, and this is my greatest challenge and joy in painting landscapes.

​Much of my landscape work is done in the studio, but I also enjoy plein air painting, which has a totally different set of challenges to it.

​My still life and my figurative work owes much to the academic tradition, in terms of lighting and setting, and I like to use traditional glazing and layering techniques in those pieces.