"Currently my work is figurative. I often paint directly in the landscape and on the seafront, sometimes developing the theme in the studio, referring to studies, sketches and photographs...The subject matter is a crucial starting point: familiar landscapes and seascapes; my family; the fungi I pick in the autumn for the still life work. Then trying to distil what I see and to reduce this to simple shapes, colours and bold vigorous mark making, using oil paint, drawing and redrawing." - Bruce Williams