Colin is from a fishing village in Fife originally and now lives and works in Worcester. He has painted all his life in a variety of media, though he now works mainly in oils. Colin makes some of his own oil paints in the traditional manner, mixing pigments with linseed oil.

This collection of ’water abstracts’ is inspired by looking over the side of a boat at the underwater patterns created by light.

Colin determines the composition of each piece through an initial sketch and thin acrylic underpainting. The work is then thickly painted in oils, using a palette knife, fingers and even a paint scraper, allowing the original idea to develop as the work progresses.