It's taken me years to refine my skills as an observational painter. What surprises me was that I learned so many transferable skills in the process; how our visual, cognitive and conceptual abilities deceive us, that good art has to engage the mind of the viewer. Copying a photo will never do that.

The EU wants to weaken the CAP’s green rules. Again. Farmers are already facing extreme weather, soil degradation and nature collapse. The EU needs a nature and climate-friendly #CAP not more deregulation❌ That's why 6️⃣0️⃣ NGOs are calling on @ec.europa.eu to support farmers👉 eeb.org/library/dism...

Part of a larger oil painting, Three Cliffs, Gower peninsula, Wales

My oil painting of the misty mountainsides of the Norwegian Fjords.