James Hamilton

I try to find the rhythm in the landscapes and keep things simple. A photograph or a sketch on a walk might be a starting point, but memory and the misremembering of a subject also helps.

In the end, it is what I find on the paper after the brush has passed that gives the the incentive to go on until an image emerges. This may sometimes
be ‘of’ the subject, but more often, and more interestingly, it has gathered a life of its own and has become a picture.

I write, as well as paint. My books are discussed on my website, whereas my paintings are not, for the time being.