“Close to his home and near to his heart, the tranquil Hampshire scenes evoke most eloquently the characteristic nuances of our countryside unspoilt. For example, he captures the curious stillness of a windless winter afternoon or the gentle promise of a daffodil spring with delicate sensitivity and a certain sense of awe. This wonder endows each landscape with a freshness, as one discovers with the artist the extraordinary beauty that exists around us. Trees are especially important. The filigree of their branches, receding to a hazy horizon, adds to the evanescent quality of his warm paintings. Almost invariably, one is invited to enter this peaceful, though not idealised world, by rounding the next bend in a woodland track or gliding beneath the arches of an ancient bridge.”
THE FIELD MAGAZINE