Sketches. Travel portraits. 1991 Looking and observing people carrying out their normal everyday life is what interests me most on my travels. Every face tells a story and has many stories to tell. Sketching seems less invasive than pointing a camera and the act of looking forces the viewer to engage with the subject in a special and particular kind of way...through being part of the same setting. Here are quick (and tiny) sketches of an extraordinary elderly man holding a conversation in Damascus souk. A fleeting, ordinary and also precious moment. I can remember being taken by his pure white beard, sparkling eyes and etched skin as he talked. A face that exuded friendliness and wisdom. Lo

I am still working from home and dreaming of far away places. Places that I have been to and places that I would like to go to. During lockdown I took time to look back through my (many) sketchbooks, particularly from times before mobile phones and Instagram. I always carried an A6 Daler wherever I went and thought I would share some of the images from my travels. It’s been wonderful to reminisce and be transported back to amazing places...I hope it gives you a sense of distant places too. Here is the first one...my favourite, from a trip to Syria and the Near East in 1991. Travelling on my own in the aftermath of the Gulf War was eye opening. This is a sketch done very quickly of people and