STATEMENT My work has been non-representational for the past fifteen years, although I spent many years as a figurative painter. The work is concerned mostly with my responses to living in a city, its changing light, atmosphere and density. Dawn, midday, twilight or night, different times of the year. It seems that light creates a stage set, you get enigmatic glimpses, fragments of activity. Colour is a predominant factor in the work. Although I do refer to observed colour sensation, I don't feel there is a need to depict what I see but I strive to record a subjective experience. Process has become a major player in the making of the paintings. Marks are painted onto the canvas with a masking liquid to provide a structure and then veils of colour are repeatedly applied. Subsequently, the masked areas are removed to reveal the complex tones beneath. I produce both oil paintings on canvas and also smaller acrylic paintings on paper; they are usually in series of three or four but can work equally well as single pieces.