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"I love the sea's sounds and the way it reflects the sky. The colours that shimmer across its surface are unbelievable. This, combined with the colour of the water over white sand, surprises me every time."
"My great love is my home county of Cornwall, I love to sit and watch people enjoying themselves on the beaches and in the harbour towns of Cornwall."
"I have lived in Cornwall from the age of 4, so I have always been aware of the artistic heritage that the county has. I feel very proud to be able to connect to this."
"I have improved the way in which I paint. The colours are cleaner and there is more energy in the brush work."
"I studied for my degree in London and consequently ended up spending five years away from Cornwall. I deliberately moved away from the coast to experience a different way of life."
"A man may go to heaven without health, without riches, without honors, without learning, without friends; but he can never go there without Christ."
"The lifestyle that an artist can have, the freedom to wander in the landscape with no real pressure or deadlines, was a very attractive one."
"I use a wide selection of colours. It is impossible to produce work like mine using only the primary colours as they only mix a certain range of colour."
"St. Michaels Mount is a favourite place of mine; people will walk across to the Mount all day and assume they will be able to walk home. The spectacle of hundreds of people realising that the path they walked over on is disappearing under several feet of water is very amusing."
"And he that will this health deny, Down among the dead men let him lie."
"During the winter when the weather is too poor to work outside, I do use drawings and photographs, but I change my work so it is not just a time and place study."
"I apply paint directly from the tube and with my fingers."
"Digital media has destroyed much of the magic and mystery of the medium."
"I used to own a dingy and can still sail one if pushed, but I like the pleasure boats."
"My optimism for life carried through my work."
"The majority of my work is from life. I spend most fine days from May to October painting outside."
"I paint what I see, not what a camera would see."
"I realised that if I did what I wanted to do, it would work."
"I was told I was talented when I applied to Falmouth School of Art and that I should consider skipping the course and proceeding directly to degree level."
"My father is a well known artist, Ted Dyer, who has been painting for many years. Our work is very different, but growing up surrounded by paintings, paints, easels and art books does have an effect."