I often say that my work appeals mostly to the broken hearted. They are the ones who interest me the most. They are the ones I want to produce work for. You see, I believe that we are not truly alive until we are broken hearted. To paraphrase the great Leonard...
I’ve always found myself more creative in the quiet days of winter. Somehow things get slower and more deliberate and I can think clearly. This year I’ve had more of this quiet time than usual. The snowstorms kept me wrapped up indoors and every time I...
It’s a well known adage that you can achieve much less than you think in a day or a week, but much more than you think in a year. We remember our defeats much more clearly than our victories so, at the end of each year, I like to take a few minutes look back...
The past few months have been tough. I’ve been working insane hours and wishing there was more than one of me to get everything done. I’ve been pushing and pushing and pushing, cursing that things don’t happen more quickly than they do, always with one eye on...
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: “What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” ~ C.S Lewis In September 2010 I visited Squam Art Workshops for the very first time. Six months after leaving my job as a stockbroker and...
Let me tell you about a conversation I have all the time. Right now I’m a self portrait photographer taking photographs inspired by the folklore and stories of the North Yorkshire Moors. Two years ago I was a stockbroker in the City of London, stressed and very...
