He is wholly in step with the natural world.

In his work there appears to exist a triumvirate of prevailing concerns: the changing complexion of nature is one. The inner nature of man, another - corporeal being with spirit and soul. Then there is the character and behaviour of paint in all its forms - inert matter with the power to draw memory and emotion.

The day to day of life offers fleeting moments of perceived beauty that are noted and kept, in contemplation of painting. Uglow emulsifies inner feeling with impressions of light, air and colour, and the illusion of movement and growth; and in his wake, he leaves behind a chronicle, revealing glimpses of that beauty once beheld.

Any subject painted is transmuted by his brush, but not before passing through a holt of emotion. Thoughts and feelings are rendered into unusual combinations by way of both dense language and refined, and a sense of gravity within the picture plane can appear and also disappear from one series to the next. The decision to employ it is carefully considered. As is the use of a defined, natural image, which advances and recedes from focus according to his purpose.

Experiencing this work is never without a sense of journey, so long as ample time can be offered up. His paintings require the long look. By unhurried immersion one receives an understanding of his approach to painting, which is transparent, unaffected and loyal to nature on a profound level. His paintings hold messages of hope and promise.

Uglow is empowered with an authority over the medium of paint that allows him to summon it to do his bidding. He can deftly handle large volumes, whether thick as clay or thin as vapour, coaxing, until all the elements coalesce into an exquisitely cultivated landscape of pictorial syntax.

His seas of paint are conducted with timing that is masterfully governed, where the closing voice of an image rolls into place - the colour so clean, and so fresh - just before it steals its chance to disappear into an incoherent mire.

It is a bewildering process.