He said he paints out of his natural need to unwind, and to rid himself of the tensions of the daily grind. It's not a matter of simply sitting downto paint, but he also finds solace in the mixing of colours, and, of course, visiting locations that are fabulous.
   "I find the mixing of the paint very sensual and very relaxing…for me, the stress seems to pour out of me. Some people like to be in front of the TV, I like to paint and be creative," he said.
   "I like nature. And I like to be out in bright beautiful days. The subject doesn't matter. It could be a can on the street or it could be a flower in a garden," he said, adding that he prefers getting up-close to his subjects.
   "Instead of sitting back and painting a picture of a landscape, I might go in and crop the image, like the bow of a boat or the paint flakes on the boat.
   "I was a photographer for years, but I have been able to transfer that to my art."
   He admits that his swirls of paint and interpretations of his subjects are sometimes abstract, or at least sections of his works are deliberately different from what he painted.
   "It's almost whimsical. What makes a great watercolour is to be loose. Sketching tends to cramp you in. But if you are loose, you become very whimsical. So with the layering of the paint, it can be very abstract."