I spent several weeks in a remote village called Lavacurie high up on the Central Massif in southern France. This was the view from the house where I was staying.

I should like to walk up an ancient stairway overgrown with wisteria and overhung with cherry blossoms. This picture may be self-indulgent but I don’t care, it creates a soothing atmosphere and I love the subtle detail.

This picture was begun on location in North Fambridge. I tried adding figures at various times during its development but they never seemed to work. In the end I decided that the picture worked best without people and I abandoned myself to the joy of painting psychedelic colour.

Abney Park in Stoke Newington is a vast overgrown Victorian cemetery and it has provided the inspiration for a number of paintings.

I wish paintings of cemeteries were popular with the public as I have painted quite a few.

This picture was painted on the spot during a particularly hot summer.

The ruined chapel in Abney Park has been transported to another realm.

This picture began as a painting from life; later on I added the moonlit ruins.

In the early eighties I painted a series of pictures depicting other worldly landscapes, this is one of my favourites.