I’ll be showing my diptych “unnamed portraits” in the London Ultra exhibition at The Bargehouse, London SE1 9PH. The show runs from the 6th to the 9th December, 11.00-18.00. Preview party is on the 6th December, 18.00-21.00.
Portrait of a friend
This is a portrait of my friend and fellow artist Tarique. He posed in front of one of is wonderful large landscape paintings, which went quite well with his striped shirt.
It was an interesting challenge painting his painting. He uses a quite different palette to my own, and it was fun playing around with different blues.
Old and New
I was recently clearing out my late Mum’s house, when I came across a self-portrait that I must have painted when an Art School – probably 1983-84. I don’t have any of my old student paintings, and so this is an interesting reminder of my old painting technique.
I’ve shown it below along with my most recent self-portrait, to show the difference in styles. It’s strange, but I imagine the younger me would look at my recent portrait and be very happy with it. Old me looks at my ragged early work, and sees a freshness that I am rather jealous of.
