A view out of a window into ‘outside’ is a classic artist’s story.

I didn’t know this when I looked out of my bedroom window in the Lake District aged 17

and this was the result.

Perhaps this is one of the roles an artist fulfils – to look out and describe what you see beyond – this is a repeated motif for many of us – more of my paintings –

We can’t escape where we start from, but that’s OK.