Jerry lives in East Lothian.He enjoys working in oils, gouache and water colour. He is fascinated by colour, light and space and the juxtaposition of colours and forms. His work is often a spontaneous action and response to light and the local landscape, experimenting with colour and attuning to its vibrancies. In his past working life he worked with children who had been excluded from school and placed in referral units, later with children in a child psychiatric hospital. He used art as a means to establish communication and as a way of working alongside children who were often threatened by face to face interactions. Communicating through making art offered a feeling of trust and security to the children, as communication was established children were more able to work out feelings through art or through talking while making,he now enjoys painting with childlike spontaneity, tactility and simplicity. He enjoys working with ‘what comes up’ all part of daily zen practice. Walking in landscape and paying attention to all that is occurring alongside the rhythms of breathing and footsteps influences what later comes up on the canvas or paper.