M J FORSTER

I then set up an art gallery again in Newcastle upon Tyne for six years. It was a period of massive experimentation and it's hard to describe how much work I achieved in that time. On top of the basic skills, I had obtained while traveling I pushed my work hard in a number of directions. Not just the traditional landscape painting but an enormous amount of abstract work... The key to successful watercolour painting is all about the application of the paint, that's what drives me, it's the whole point of putting the paint on the paper and creating, it's like magic. Watercolour painting is a highly technical medium and without the skill of application you stand no chance of creating an accomplished landscape painting. There is a point where solitary dedication, practice and above all ideas become the essential components... Northumbrian artist M J Forster has original paintings of Sycamore Gap available online and from his Corbridge Gallery.