When I paint I am looking for ways to represent my encounters with the beauty and power of the natural landscape. This wish to paint as a homage to the environment led me to choose recycled and eco-friendly materials, and also introduce new subject matter such as places currently threatened by environmental issues. My main case study is the proposed third runway at Heathrow. I have focused on the existing airport and the awkward way in which its machines, lights and buildings clash with the surrounding nature, and also the village of Sipson, which will be obliterated if the build goes ahead. My painting is therefore an attempt to connect the visual and culturally familiar experience of the landscape with its visceral, reflexive equivalent, so that the viewer can identify with the pleasures of the existing but endangered 'great outdoors', and also become more aware of issues which imperil our fragile and beautiful planet.

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