These sea paintings come out of the memories I have from sailing holidays over thirty years. My wife and I sailed a boat from the east coast of the Uk to Kusadasi in Turkey, a discontinuous trip made over a period of several years. The many hours spent standing at the helm looking upon calm waters and still skies as well as dramatically strong winds and choppy waves has been etched on my psyche. These paintings capture a moment that anyone who has sailed a small boat would recognise; often the navigation on a long trip will take the vessel close to a headland, as the journey nears its destination. It is this situation of sailing round a headland, where the waves kick up, the wind changes direction, the current becomes confused, there maybe changes to the depth of the sea at these places, rocks to avoid that adds a feeling of danger.