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The great poet G M Hopkins coined the word ‘instress’, to describe the mysterious force that keeps particular natural beings in existence. This philosophy of being is very close to my heart, and it confirms Rembrandt’s legacy to our Western world, - that of drawing gesture directly from the world around us.

Colour is real in painting, one can use illusions of depth, volume, movement and light to achieve meaning enough to hold the wildness of raw colour.