First up, I am a lover of art and always have been. I have travelled from Perth, my home city, to Adelaide, Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney just to see an art exhibition. And, whenever overseas, the most important part of the itinerary is to visit the great art galleries of the world, in Paris, London, Berlin, Munich, Barcelona, New York, Washington and so on.
Impressionism is my main influence, including the great Australian impressionists: Roberts, McCubbin, Streeton, Conder et al. To capture the quality of light in the Australian landscape my inspiration. Arthur Streeton's 'The Purple Noon's Transparent Might' says it all for me.