The boats stem from the years spent in the British Merchant Navy as a seamen in what I call the "the Indian summer" of shipping before container boats came.
When I left the sea I began painting but about 10 years ago I began making ships from tin found in skips.
This served the sculpture/painting problem and I think nostalgia as well.
Invented colours and cutting of shapes give me more freedom and ships names give meaning as some of these ships I sailed on in those years.