The video 'Portal' signifies an entrance to discover the sacred & divine. It can take a lifetime.

Searching, questioning, doubting, & defying or believing in God comes naturally to some, and to others not at all. Cathedrals, Churches, Synagogues, Mosques are places of worship, presence, contemplation & comfort. I love their interiors, from the austere to the flamboyant, & drawing them inside or out is an awesome experience. Many of the world's greatest works of art have been created in response to the words of  the Bible - it has outlived empires, monarchies, dictatorships, tyrannies & governments.

I search for a narrative, but it eludes me, - I can't 'think' or 'will' it into being, so I look at Italian Renaissance art & frescoes, at European architecture & painting & allow them to influence my work. The result are drawings combining classical images with modern ones, from magazines, adverts, leaflets, of dancers, plants, animals, insects, acrobats, musicians - whatever appeals to my magpie imagination. Below is a small selection.....