Oil on paper
Signed on the back.
This artwork comes with an external frame
I treated Johns portrait as a landscape; a mountain looking back at us, questioning our presence.
I wanted John to emerge from the warm, burning haze of the background, and used
layers of glazing, washes and ‘lost edges’ to make sure he was integrated, and not set apart from the atmosphere.
I painted him to embody a strong, imposing presence – leading up from the lower reaches of the hands, by way of an undulating and constantly moving line.
I met John during a class I was teaching – somewhat ironically, in portraiture.