His favourite subjects include the interior, the portrait and scenes from everyday life. He aims to take snapshots from a person’s life and represent the fleeting thought, movement or feeling in his painting. This is in the vein of Intimism, a movement that also included Matisse, Bonnard and Vuillard. His early work, however, suggested a sense of claustrophobia and unease, as if the artist desired to be elsewhere. With later paintings such as ‘Egypt’ (1983-1984) he became more open as he travelled extensively and experimented with new ways of representing the natural world. He was searching for new ways to convey his perception of reality, for example, ‘Mrs K.’ (1966-1967) describes the idea of a person rather than an exact replication of the image of a person. He uses bright colours and frequently incorporates traditional wooden frames into the painting. He painted on a small-scale at first, but in the1980s began producing much bigger works.