On balance, I don't like doing portraits. People only care whether you have got a good likeness and I don't think I have yet found a way to bring whatever it is to the painting that is more important than a likeness.
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Oil on oil paper - Feb 2012
Seated Nude
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Charcoal and chalk on paper
Crystal Palace Life Drawing class
Crystal Palace Life Drawing class
Reclining nude
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Oil on paper 2010
Putney Art Class project. I love the pose
Putney Art Class project. I love the pose
Painting of a screwed up photo
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Oil on paper 2010
Project at Putney Art Class
Clare Joy - aged 17 painted in 2009
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Oil canvas.
Property of Caroline Joy.
I found this quite hard to do - particularly Clare's mouth. Painting people is much more stressful than painting landscapes because there is the temptation only to consider whether a likeness has been achieved as opposed to whether it is a good picture.
Will Sumner - aged 21
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Oil on canvas
Milo Sumner - aged 15
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Oil on canvas
This was the first portrait that I did and I think it is the most successful. I painted it in the classes at Putney
George Sumner - aged 16
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Oil on canvas
Janie Critchley
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Oil on canvas
I am very pleased with Janie's eyes but not happy with how I have done her mouth which gives her a rather hard look which is not typical of her at all
Nude
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Oil on canvas
I must have done this around 2005 - I think it was the first or second nude that I did. The colours are quite adventurous for me
Legs in jeans
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Oil on canvas - 2009
This is Milo - i liked the way that his legs create such a sense of lateral direction. The table in the foreground is also interesting.
Milo in Tanzania
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Oil on canvas c2007
There is lots wrong with this but I like the legs. And I think you get a sense of movement
Nude
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Oil on canvas