Muster Point — Monochrome Crowd Painting salmon fishing In this painting I was

In this painting I was searching for colours of similar tonal values but contrasting hues

Make of it what you will

This is an art object of unabashed contemplation

and the enduring power of nature

Harrison Stickle is a fell in the central part of the English Lake District

Muster Point — Monochrome Crowd Painting salmon fishing In this painting I wasThe work of American abstract expressionist Franz Kline has inspired me since the 1970s when I first saw his work in the reception area of Tate Britain. The raw energy of Kline's work was so captivating for me as a young art student. For financial reasons I wasn't able to follow a career in fine art but that early encounter stayed with me. Over fifty years later my enthusiasm for Kline has never faded to the point where I had to incorporate his work