“Visits to Ireland have always been a pleasure for me, but my first to Inishowen was something really special. A fortieth wedding anniversary holiday opened my eyes to a far different landscape from that of my upbringing in the Docklands of East London.
I have always taken an interest in and enjoyed art of all forms, painting and drawing being the most important to me. However, landscape painting was never of prime interest until my first experience of Inishowen. After the holiday and departing for home, I knew I would attempt to convey the beauty of the landscape by painting the wonderful feeling the Peninsula had left me with.
I could not stop at one or two paintings therefore since 2006 I have expressed my appreciation of the beauty of Inishowen in a series of paintings. I have had two exhibitions of the paintings at Fort Dunree, Buncrana, ‘A Portrait of Inishowen,’ in 2007, and was invited back again to display my work ‘Between The Swilly and The Foyle’in 2008.”