"As a painter and as a photographer, my creative imperative has always been interpretation, abstraction and impressionism. I also try, wherever possible, to make my images about something rather than of something. All image making demands thought and reflection and this approach is certainly no different. I’m not averse to sitting for long periods of time, gazing distractedly into the middle distance trying to figure out what it is I am trying to say. Sometimes, however, despite protracted rumination, the most obvious point of view is the best.

Bosham is chocolate box pretty; it would take a cynical old curmudgeon to deny that. I have never seen it looking more graceful than it did on this early April morning. The air was warm and the mist had slowly evaporated, leaving behind a harmonious palette of quiet pastels. Bosham seemed to be a tranquil microcosm, untroubled by the frenzy and fury of the world at large. And so it was this that I sought to capture. The layering of soft colours, gentle light and the sense that the world had quietly ground to a halt for a moment, to take a much needed break and take time to smell the roses."  Valda Bailey