“The most a maker of images can hope for is that, for a moment, he or she can divert the viewer from the daily round.

“These works in some cases hope to ‘create a pause’ by a fermentation process, where a metaphoric transformation or interpretation into an enduring image occurs. Whether this process succeeds or fails I leave to the viewer.

“I believe a painting has to be experienced as an intuitive, feeling function, some of which is subliminal and therefore difficult to intellectualise.

“All works are in oil on canvas, some heavily textured; advancement and recession where appropriate are created by thickness of paint as well as tonal values.”

• The Michael Ingbar Gallery, Broadway, New York
• The Braithwaite Gallery, York
• The Tore Gallery, Inverness
• The Merchant Gate Gallery, Glasgow
• Galerie de Herkenning, Netherlands
• The Gallery, Manchester United, Old Trafford
• The Art4all Online Gallery