Artist Profile     My paintings are usually completed in one sitting.  I work very quickly and like to finish in one go without losing my 'momentum'.  So many different subjects appeal to me.  Landscapes, figures, still life, animals, flowers etc.  Everything is paintable if the light is right.  It is the light that either catches or loses my attention.  If the light on a subject is right, then that object becomes magic and worthy of painting.   I paint in an impressionist style but do not distort Nature.  I see no reason to.  Nature has all the answers, and cannot be improved or altered.       Being a painter, I believe, is one of the most joyous professions in the world.  As painters, we are drawn to the effects of Nature, moved almost to tears by her magic.  We have the lifelong obsession ahead of us to capture some small part of that magic on canvas.   Often we produce a poor substitute, but the joy is in the trying.