Jerry is a retired of teacher of children with additional support needs and within a psychiatric hospital. He greatly enjoyed working with children on art projects and has now finally got down to doing some painting himself. He has wanted to devote time to making art for a long time, and now, approaching seventy, he is doing it. His art is abstract , gestural and colourful and is influenced by his garden and the landscapes that surround him. He finds great joy in colour, in vibrancies and contrasts and is heavily influenced by artists as diverse as Joan Mitchell, Patrick Heron, Monet and Bonnard. As a zen practitioner he likes to work with what comes up in the moment.