I still take photographs for my own use, personal studies. I do not feel that I can fully express my views through the medium and this is why I have moved towards painting.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't see myself as a photographer. I still see the photographs and collages as a resource for the painting.
I crave to be able to photograph the way a painter paints - in a loose, expressive way.
I've been working with photography for many years.
When I left the Royal College, I decided I would only make paintings that I would want to look at myself, that felt close to my life.
Truthfully, I don't really think of myself as a photographer. I don't have all the disciplines and knowledge of a person who's spent their life devoted to photography.
I like to do really realistic paintings, which requires so much focus; like, if I have to go to the bathroom or change a song, I can't; I'm so in it.
Photography started as a means of getting reference material for my paintings of nature subjects.
I don't want to be a film-maker. I think painting is far more exciting and profound.
I did painting before I did photography.
I am a hobbyist photographer so I relate to the visual arts that way, but I'm not a painter.