Some of the most important work I've made happened alone. No audience. No collaborators. No external validation. Just me, a room, and the stubborn need to keep going. But some of the most important moments in my life as an artist happened because another artist called me out, encouraged me, showed me something new, or simply reminded me that I wasn't disappearing into my own head. I have been paitning for most of my life. It has remained such a constant that its importance to

I’ve been going to the same valley and staying in the same field in North Wales for about thirty years. It’s here that my excitement and passion for being in the mountains first took root. When I was younger, it was all about escaping the field and exploring the knoll — a patch of land next to the campsite and farmhouse that was large enough to explore but safe enough that we couldn’t get lost. Dens and bases were built each holiday, and our little gang of friends would defe

Over the years, escaping into the mountains became an essential rhythm in my life, especially those of North Wales. I would venture out...