The Picture Itself Is A

I Can Often Tell When Drawings Are Done From Photographs, Because You Can Tell What They Miss Out, What The Camera Misses Out: Usually Weight And Volume - There's A Flatness To Them.

In Fact, Most Artists Want To Make Things A Bit More Difficult For Themselves As They Go Along, To Challenge Themselves.

What I Didn't Know Was I Was Deeply Attracted To The Big Space.

And Then I Went Round The Corner And There's A Van Gogh Portrait, And You Just Think, Well, This Is Another Level. A Higher Level, Actually. I Love The Sargent, But It's Not The Level Of Van Gogh.

Yes, I Did, I Mean I Painted Er, In A Kind Of Abstract Expressionist Way, Because Of Course That Was Exciting.