Most of us, I suppose, enjoy looking at images - still or moving - and there will be elements within those that draw us in more powerfully than others, figurative or abstract. We might be pulled in by the way a painter depicts a sweep of landscape or the way a photographer has captured a feeling betrayed by someone’s eyes or for thousands of different reasons ...

The 'White Square' series is the latest iteration of Brian's passion for rendering multiple layers of oil colour upon canvas or board, a process he began in earnest back in 2011. Previously, his larger abstract works would tend to be resolved after approximately two years, and culminate in studies of highly coloured panels, or patterns or rotating shapes with dramatic tonal contrasts ...

In 2014 Brian returned to his county of birth, setting up his home and studio in Derbyshire. Having become established living in the High Peak, he reached a point where he felt a strong urge to reflect something of the local environment in his work ...