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I love color. When I paint, I use a lot of color. I love art that has a vibrancy of color and compositions. I adore the Impressionists, and I'm influenced strongly by them as a self-taught artist.

I think I give the impression of being a romantic, and I think inside I'm quite severe. But some might say they had the opposite impression of me.

I love doing impressions.

I like to think of myself as a romantic person!

In some sense, I'm a romantic. I like the idea of organic history and tradition.

I started out as an impressionist and that's all about observing - how people move, their voice quality, their attitudes and quirks.

I find impressionists slightly annoying, really.

I love glamour and artificial beauty. I love the idea of artifice and dressing up and makeup and hair.