In these smaller paintings, I developed the surface of the painting by working freely at the outset to build up layers of paint which then gave me a base from which to build, excavate and develop a composition. 

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Some of these paintings were begun with a specific landscape in mind which then informed both their palette and their composition. In other examples, the landscape idea emerged through the painting process and relates to either an imagined or an actual experience of a particular landscape.

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In the River 3 series below I'm experimenting with how a series of paintings might be hung together to create a larger image. This can also be seen in the Northern Fells series in the Landscape section. In the composition immediately below, the hanging of the six paintings together in this way enables a representation of a river running between both sides of its banks.

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