Artist Michael Embden studied graphics and illustration at Brighton College of Art in the 1960's and went on to become a successful freelance illustrator. During the 1970's and 1980's his work appeared in publishing and advertising in Britain, the U.S.A. and Europe, including over one hundred book covers and posters for billboards. During the 1990's Michael decided to concentrate on watercolour landscape painting. He said; 'Landscape is my natural subject and has always been a major preoccupation in my work, driven by a passion for the natural world'. Over the years Michael developed a style which allowed him to explore a strong personal sense of mood and atmosphere through the play of light. He was especially drawn to the quality of light that occurs at the beginning and end of the day; low sun and long shadows that can reveal forms in a poetic, dramatic or dreamlike way.