Conventional portraits with photographic references are re-invented in these works through drawing painting, and constructed composition, using heightened colour and narrative and symbolic images added to give clues as to who the subject is, and what do they do and know.
Portrait Of Maria Duff. Oil On Wood Panel. 75cm x 75cm. 1999. Painted from the model in my Bavent Rd, Camberwell studio of those times, in two short sittings, with much reworking later on.