From the Spanish “the spicer of food” this was the name of a friend’s bar in Seville and I painted it from a photo I took. The owner of the bar is called P.P Kinto and he is now a reasonaly well known Seville artist. It was in his bar that I learned to speak Andaluz Spanish between 1999 and 2001.

Starting life as an abstract watercolour this attractive woodland scene soon emerged.

Watercolour depicting a colourful alien family complete with dog.

Pencil sketch abstract.

An early abstract in watercolour – the title is due to the fact that each colour is depicted in 9 shapes.

Watercolour, penguin shape abstract

My second ever oil painting began life as an abstract image but the image you see soon emerged. I’m not sure if they are human or alien but to me they are waiting for something to happen!

Another abstract oil on canvas where I was experimenting with form and colour.

This was painted from a photo I took of a friend sledging with another friend’s son in Shaw Heath Park in Stockport in about 1997-8. Watercolour.

An abstract result of messing with colours and shapes. I’ve been told it reminds people of South America or Mexico.