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This is my tribute to Vincent van Gogh called, "Love, Vincent". The main idea started out as a watercolour that I painted 12 years ago, called "Sunflowers Wild and Wonderful". In this painting I have revisited my original idea, adding Vincent's images of a Self Portrait, the Starry Night sky (in the centres of the sunflowers) and his letters which make up the petals of the flowers. The work is done in Watercolour, Washi (Japanese hand-made paper) and printed images on mulberry tissue.

I first became attracted to watercolour over 30 years ago on a painting holiday in Cornwall. I loved the immediacy and fluidity of the medium. When I painted the old rooftops of the quirky yet beautiful old buildings, colours ran together giving an organic feel to the moss and old slates. I felt like I'd discovered a magic colouring book! The watercolour captured the essence of my subjects in an ethereal way. Enchanted by the possibilities of creating a new, dream-like reality within my paintings, I developed my style with an emphasis on the effects I could achieve with Watercolour, by letting the paint and water form patterns in their own way. I love to break the old fashioned rules of the medium, pushing it to its limits. As...