Painting 'wild thing'

I often get asked how I start a painting. These days I paint from my feelings, experiences and soul. But it took a while to get here. 

There are really no right or wrong ways to start. I think you should try anything and see if you enjoy it. Painting should always be enjoyable.

Back in 2014 I painted a body of work under the title Wildlings. It was the idea of a friend of mine, Paul Debois, a photographer who photographed a series of wildlings. Wildlings are plants, growing wild in an unexpected place.

Paul asked me if I could paint from his photographs and so I did. I called this painting 'Wild Thing'. And here is the video that Paul shot of me painting it.