This is basically what every artist is trying to achieve. One definition is ‘An attempt to turn base materials into gold’. I often trawl through all the photographs I have taken of the landscape and I am left feeling uninspired. Its only when you start to draw out the composition do the possibilities start to emerge. I find myself stretching out the ‘truth’ as far as I can and yet still retain the essential characteristics of the place. This is where the real excitement of painting lies for me.
