John Brown’ solo exhibitions are informed by visits to places such as Tuscany, Venice, Kerala, Zanzibar, Spain, wher ae his work captures the sense of place rather than recreating a pictorial likeness. He works mainly in acrylic on boards but builds up the surface with collage and found materials to create exciting surfaces. The human figure, present in a large number of works, indicates scale and the comparative fragility of man and the landscape. Colour is an important element in his work. The often very intense colours are a direct response to travel rather than a reflection of the artist’s native land. The cover painting of A Turbulent Wake is by John Brown.