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I am a painter and visual artist based in Hockley, Essex. Although I trained as a scientist and hold a PhD in chemical engineering I have had an involvement in the visual arts for over 30 years. I spent much of that time searching for the perfect shape and form through the medium of ceramics. In 2008 I enrolled on an Access to Art and Design course and discovered a deep need to paint. As I painted I noticed that I see outlines and edges rather than volumes and that I have a very strong sense of pattern. My personal style of looking and depicting is evolving to incorporate these influences, together with a powerful sense of colour and a strong desire to simplify. You could say that I am now embarked on a search for the beauty found in the ‘perfect’ line. My approach to a painting is to include the absolute minimum of information and detail necessary to convey my personal view of the composition and to do so with the minimum palette of flat colours.