Since I was young I drew and painted intermittently, but in the last few years I have been able to devote time for sustained practice and experimentation with watercolour. Inspiration comes from various sources: trying to recreate works by famous artists, even though they may be in a different medium (such as Japanese woodblock); photos taken from places that I have appreciated; sometimes simply a photo in a newspaper; the constant challenge of representing flowers in still lives and, finally, portraits of people whom, for various reasons, I find intriguing.