 His vision encompassed not only broad landscapes but was also enthralled by their finer details, as in "Roots", "Undergrowth", "Toadstools", "Dead Wood", " Hemlock".As if plants and trees were the representation of life, some of his works at the end of the Second World War "create a haunting, sinister mood", the expression of his desolation at the scene of a forest near Carrbridge felled by a storm.After 1951, however, vacations in the New Forest in Hampshire infused his paintings with bright colour and sun.