I have made quite a few paintings of Umbrian fields over the years. Theré’s something quite special about sitting in a field of dying sunflowers drawing and painting them. At the moment I have a few studio-based paintings of this subject in progress. Hopefully, there will be a complete series of these sometime later this year. I am currently wrangling with the paint, always oil. The mysteries and beauties of oil paint take quite a bit of coaxing to get them to reveal themselves. Luckily for me I know they exist.