Making shapes and painting them are very different things. I came to painting by way of "making stuff" and sculptural shapes stayed to feature prominently in my work as a painter. The Sienese artist Sassetta had a profound influence on me when I first encountered his work some 4 years ago. Looking at his paintings changed the way I see shapes, both those in my paintings and those out on the street. His work compelled me to imagine the kind of shadows the shapes in paintings might create and add them as another dimension to my work. The Wolf Of Eyelash Mountain was the first body of work that dealt with that shift of...