My optimism for life carried through my work.
I paint what I see, not what a camera would see.
I apply paint directly from the tube and with my fingers.
I realised that if I did what I wanted to do, it would work.
In some parts of the world there is very little tidal movement.
The paintings by Van Gough and Chagall had a big influence on me.
It's a terrible thing wishing that it can be someone else's tragedy.
I use about 20 different colours to retain the luminance in my work.
I want to paint big, bright, optimistic pictures of the place I love.
And he that will this health deny, down among the dead men let him lie.