About

About

In 2012, I'd not yet been put out to pasture but had reached an age where I could have been (66)

And, not having done anything creative in over half a century (since school days), I bought some oil paints whilst on holiday and discovered something that had lain dormant inside of me for all my working life.

Overnight, I found I could suddenly paint to a surprising standard.

Where had this come from? I had painted at school with horrible tempera blocks but here I was in 2012 suddenly painting in a way I never thought possible – and this newfound ability had shown up literally overnight. I couldn't have been more shocked if I'd woke up speaking Japanese! So how was this possible?

Man with beard - Blanks after Rembrandt
Man with beard - Blanks after Rembrandt

During the following years, my dedicated efforts led me to uncover fundamental insights, and facts that remain largely unnoticed by the majority; facts never even sought or considered. And what fuelled the urgency to write a book was the realisation that, to my knowledge, none of these discoveries had previously been articulated in book form. Had someone else done so, I wouldn't have felt the need to put pen to paper... I would have bought the book!!! (Click for more)