John Dyer Quotes

I Studied For My Degree In London And Consequently Ended Up Spending Five Years Away From Cornwall. I Deliberately Moved Away From The Coast To Experience A Different Way Of Life.

Digital Media Has Destroyed Much Of The Magic And Mystery Of The Medium.

I Used To Own A Dingy And Can Still Sail One If Pushed, But I Like The Pleasure Boats.

My Optimism For Life Carried Through My Work.

The Majority Of My Work Is From Life. I Spend Most Fine Days From May To October Painting Outside.

I Paint What I See, Not What A Camera Would See.

I Realised That If I Did What I Wanted To Do, It Would Work.

I Really Enjoy Squeezing Out A Big Lump Of Paint Directly Onto The Canvas And Leaving It; Fresh, Immediate And Sometimes Shocking.

I Still Take Photographs For My Own Use, Personal Studies. I Do Not Feel That I Can Fully Express My Views Through The Medium And This Is Why I Have Moved Towards Painting.

I Use About 20 Different Colours To Retain The Luminance In My Work.

I Apply Paint Directly From The Tube And With My Fingers.

I Have Improved The Way In Which I Paint. The Colours Are Cleaner And There Is More Energy In The Brush Work.