
Here are Mike's feelings about his work, in his own words: "I am inspired by 30 years living and working on the Northumberland coast and now in the wilds of Redesdale, near Scottish Borders. I’m fascinated by patterns of sand on the beach, piles of seaweed/driftwood order and chaos together. Images I create use a wide materials, sand, soil coal dust, driftwood are often embedded in the paint surface. I want paintings to be as natural as possible. I rarely use a brush, but rather fingers, knife, trowel, sand, spray paints plus lots of builder’s materials to create impasto surfaces. I experiment with holographic foils in paint to simulate wonderful light in Northumberland. Moving to Redesdale, I have been inspired and become aware of the interaction of man and nature, in the Otterburn Ranges military roads, bunkers and old tanks contrast with crags, quarries, moorland and forest to create a wonderful tapestry at different times of year. Rock strata, strange cloud formations, moody sunsets, reflections in rivers and lakes have me rushing for a sketc

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