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Here is a view on our favourite Greek holiday island of Kos, looking towards another of the Dodecanese group, Pserimos. The beauty of staying on such islands is the opportunity to 'island-hop' in order to see the different sights and subcultures. As usual, however, the focus of even the smallest community is the Greek Orthodox church.

I was born a Manxman - a native of the Isle of Man in the centre of the British Isles - and my heritage from there sometimes brings a Celtic element to my work. However, another side of my personality has often been expressed in my acrylic painting and photography in a more extraverted, Mediterranean way. This has no doubt been influenced by the fact that I have travelled through Europe and elsewhere in the past, but I have come to look for inspiration nearer to my home in recent years in a beautiful part of the north of England. My Christian faith underlies what I do in art as in the rest of my life. I am a retired clinical psychologist and am married with children and grandchildren. I have no formal artistic qualifications but am...