With this collection, Icons, I strayed away from the way I usually capture mountains. Instead of showcasing them in the distance, untouchable, surrounded by the forests and fields that rise up along their base, I'm moving my artist's eye closer. Each piece in the Icon collection features a different peak, up close and personal, touchable, cast against a single-tone sky of brilliant colour to ensure there is nothing to compete with their majesty.

I approached each rocky composition in the same way a portrait artist might paint a face. I wanted to capture not just their exterior, their crests and edges acting as the wrinkles of age and experience, but also their personality and the energy they embody. I used light-reflecting gold and copper accents to capture the optimism of giants, as well as went through dozens of options for background colours until I found the one that felt just right.