For Tony, figurative painting is all about depicting mood and intimacy within a moment, using a loose approach to brushwork and in places strong contrasting values to create the illusion of depth. Tony pulls inspiration for his alluring dance scenes from the times when he himself was learning to dance, at points attending three to four evening classes a week. From the Argentine Tango lessons to Modern Jive and Rock and Roll. He loved attending the Tango classes which were held on the third floor of a beautiful old Georgian building with all the original interior decorations. It made it feel like he was stepping back into the 1960s; little dark corners with a retired policeman behind the bar reading a newspaper, and of course an old-fashioned snooker hall on the floor below added to the narrative. After a while he would turn up early for his classes with his sketchbook, sketching the dancers around him whilst contemplating how he would decipher this when he came to create the painting. A real-life data collecting experience and opportunity to study his subject. Tony would often get home late from his classes and, on occasion, spent time writing honest notes on how the experience made him feel. Planning how, one day, he would create a set of paintings that perfectly depict his memories of these times.