Colours

New Day Dawning. Oil on canvas 2006

I get my love of colour from my parents. Both painters, the house was always full of colour. Orange velvet curtains in the dining room, bright ceramics everywhere and the walls full of paintings. Monochrome colours were not in their wardrobe. The best advice I ever had from my mother in choosing what colours to wear together - just look at nature.

I still look to nature and it doesn't disappoint. This time of the year it's the summer fruits that glow with intense colour. Last year I was admiring the apricots, the peaches and later in the summer, the plums and figs in the Sunday market in France. In Wales this year it's the redcurrants and blackberries that delight me.