Art is a passion and an obsession.

My interest is very much about describing a wider perception, understanding and emotional feeling.

As such Mark Rothko’s work is of considerable affinity to me.

Rothko delighted in the emotional connection viewers of his artworks frequently described.  Equally my priority and innermost necessity is to achieve this same emotional connection with each and every artwork I create.

Having studied great artists’ works in Museums and permanent Public Art Galleries I found my own ecstatic joy in viewing their works.

At this moment I would like to explain exactly what I feel on seeing a great artwork by using a John Constable painting I viewed as my primary example.

I didn’t immediately realize I was viewing a Constable as I passed through a local Museum.  I stopped and suddenly what I can only describe as ‘the feeling’ came over me.  It’s a kind of euphoria, a sheer delight welling up deep within.  That is to say my whole body and mind itself is responding to what I’m seeing.  This sort of feeling occurs regularly for me viewing great artworks.  It doesn’t have to be a well known artist, it’s just that it so happens to occur more often with their artworks than not.

It makes me smile every time this happens when I subsequently read the commentary notes of the artist and its description.

Okay, so why did I lead this article with Mark Rothko?

Well, one of the most satisfying things about art is the immediate reaction, memory and thought provocation I’m hoping to achieve long after anyone has viewed my work.

Without doubt Rothko achieved this time and again.

Rothko No 14