When I was very young, my favourite paintings were Van Gogh's

'Crows over a Cornfield', Munch's 'Cry' and Magritte's "The False Mirror". My other 2 loves were my piano and the 8 inch refractor telescope at the Norfolk Astronomical Society. Later at Art School, I remember a brilliant tutorial with the late great Michael Andrews where we discussed my paintings of darkened doorways and black armchairs - images of symmetrical shapes which had evolved through the history of human passage. These shapes would always emanate an energy greater and more mysterious than shapes that were simply geometric - intensified by the negative space of the colour black. When I first encountered the works of Dadaism and Pop Art, all my classical references faded away and I soon became completely immersed in a concept of 'Art in action' - communication was the key. Painters Roger Cook, Ken Brazier and sculptor Colin Self, introduced me to the English Pop Art establishment which was flourishing in London at the time and helped me to find connections for my work. Since 1967 when Molly and I began to work on shared projects, photographs, montage and screenprint became central to the work . Drawing would be inspired by photographs. Collages would be made from photographs, Pin-up magazines and from cigarette-card collections. I was also using photographs by permission from the IPC library of copyrighted photographs. A library used by all IPC magazines and newspapers such as NOVA and The Daily Mirror. I made series of drawings mostly with the IPC magazines, including the Cinema Drawings. The drawing of Brando was to celebrate his part as Napolen in "Désirée". 20th Century Fox.

The film focuses on the romantic life of Napoleon, tracking his rise to power and his relationship with Désirée Clary (played by Jean Simmons) He reportedly dismissed the film as "dismal" and " superficial"