The textural qualities of cold wax encourage extensive mark-making and the exploration of surface irregularities. Beeswax, as a natural material, inherently reflects elements of nature and the processes of change and transformation.

For over fifty years I have been painting — in different countries, across different phases of life, and through a succession of approaches that have each left their mark on the work I make now. Looking back across that span of time, what strikes me most is not the continuity of style but the continuity of preoccupation: a persistent interest in landscape, in the qualities of light and surface, and in the tension between what is seen and what is felt. Celebrating Nature's Ele