As a full-time professional art director I have been drawing for over 20 years on a daily basis, but painting brings a whole new set of interesting challenges, especially watercolours, which is a hard medium to master. Painting allows me to express myself entirely - unlike the 'day job', it's no longer about 'bespoke' illustrations or designs to someone elses' dictates and deadlines. It's utter freedom. I still commute to central London to work as an art director in an advertising agency and thus have to discipline myself to spending at least two nights per week painting. So far this had paid off, with several local Whitstable shops now stocking my postcards and prints, such as 'Taking the Plunge'; 'Keam's Yard', 'Sundae Sundae' and 'Whitstable Framing'. An exhibition at Whitstable's 'Horsebridge Arts Centre' saw the launch of my popular retro-style series of seaside postcards 'Winderful Whitstable' and 'Best wishes from Whitstabubble', which were very popular and I will be adding to the series soon, so look out for those. I am currently (Aug 08) busy on a commission to paint Reculver Towers and a new postcard-style painting will be out early in September.