John Dyer Quotations

I decided to become a painter when my first four paintings where all published and attracted a great deal of interest. I exhibited one of them and it was sold.

I really enjoy squeezing out a big lump of paint directly onto the canvas and leaving it; fresh, immediate and sometimes shocking.

I realised that if I did what I wanted to do, it would work.

I paint what I see, not what a camera would see.

My optimism for life carried through my work.

I used to own a dingy and can still sail one if pushed, but I like the pleasure boats.

Digital media has destroyed much of the magic and mystery of the medium.

I apply paint directly from the tube and with my fingers.

During the winter when the weather is too poor to work outside, I do use drawings and photographs, but I change my work so it is not just a time and place study.

I still take photographs for my own use, personal studies. I do not feel that I can fully express my views through the medium and this is why I have moved towards painting.