People are funny and touching. Intrigued by faces, beguiled by stories. I come home at night and draw what I have seen in the day.

Fired by the encouragement of my grandfather Edward Ardizzone, I started drawing at an early age. Although I've always been good at it, I have never stopped exploring new techniques and skills. Recently, I decided to concentrate on narrative drawing in both black-and-white and intense colour.

I have learned from children's book illustrators of the 20's century including my own grandfather. I also admire the 18th century engravers and caricaturists such as Hogarth and Rowlandson.

The diverse mix of people and events in Newlyn and Penzance are continuous source of interest and emotions, and spur my imagination.

Strong compositions, anatomical veracity, depth and contrast are what I strive for. The stories come naturally, together with people's movements and expressions. I work entirely from memory and imagination, backed by continuous study of life drawing and anatomy.

The present exhibition at the Tolcarne Inn is about People, people that I have seen and things that I have observed. When I am walking around I glimpse things out of the corner of my eye, and these stick a bit like a tune which I can't get tout of my head until I have drawn it, so I tend to sit up at night and just draw. What I have tried to do this year is not just depict the shape of people but framing these shapes in buildings, between buildings, with the sky above, making studies of how people fit in the context around them as if seen through a window. I use indian ink with a variety of different pens and etchings with aqua tint which enables me to get a range of intense shades with deep velvety blacks and brilliant whites.