Oil on canvas, stretched and ready to hang.

Signed on the back.

'The Hypnotist' commemorating the George Hicks Contemporary prize. This large figurative work is an unusual blend of narratives, at once historical delights of Royals, Egyption Tombs and authority figures that arc into questions of what makes humans susceptible to suggestion in contemporary times. Who is hypnotising who here? The scale, composition and delicately layered paint are executed with expertise and a sense of spontaneity. The unfinished patterns are reminiscent of the decorative mark making of Klimt and the surrealist use of the eye; the mirror, protector and window.