I can remember very well the first time I came across an original palette knife painting. I was a young, enthusiastic oil painter at the time, but the memory is still fresh in my mind. I was browsing the work of fellow artists at the Oxford art fair where I was exhibiting my work. It wasn’t like viewing any other kind of artwork. The painting looked almost alive. It had an energy and life that I had rarely seen in other artists work, and I was instantly mesmerised. Although t