I find portraits much easier to paint than abstract concepts. The viewer is familiar with the human form and so any simple suggestion of a nose, an ear or a mouth is instantly recognisable even if the artist plays around with form and colour.

I visit galleries and sketch portraits. The Reapers, the original of which is entitled Return of the Reapers is a full length image of two French agricultural workers painted in 1886 by Herbert la Thangue. It is in the Royal Academy. I concentrated on their faces and developed them into something more modern. Sometimes I take an image from a tv show and sketch that and then interpret it on canvas in my own style. Mr Jelly 1 and 2 are taken from the BBC 2 series Psychoville.