This was painted at the time of the Sea Empress disaster, when Pembrokeshire's famous beaches disappeared under 72,000 tons of crude oil. All this happened just 2 weeks before my first ever solo exhibition and I had just finished painting many of those beaches. Sorrow is a visualation of how I felt when I first saw the extent of the damage. All the beach paintings were hung together on the same wall in the gallery and sorrow was placed in the centre. I had a point to make.
The following site has a great deal of information on the spill: