Howey is a contemporary artist who lives and works in the Kyle of Lochalsh. He paints the natural world and aims to capture the essence of the wildlife and landscape from the Hebrides to his garden on the west coast. ‘Having carefully planned my approach to a new work, I often find that once I have started, the painting will lead me in unexpected directions. I paint with commonly used materials and a traditional palette of oil colours. My work is representational but I’m not trying for photographic detail, I try to evoke the feeling of the moment either seen or imagined. It’s all about light transmitted and reflected and never more so than when painting water, a subject I come back to time and time again, as I have always had connections with the sea. I live in the west highland town of Kyle of Lochalsh with wonderful scenery and wildlife awaiting in whichever direction I set off.’