Growing Pains 2 Painting

I am a contemporary figurative painter. My main interest is in portraiture in oils. I am intrigued by the relationship between the camera and the sitter and what is really going on behind the mask of a smile. I work from my own or family photographs as I like to have a personal involvement in the painting. My influences are Gerhard Richter, Marlene Dumas, Paula Rego, Alex Katz, Jeff Wall and R B Kitaj. I like my painting to have an ambiguous narrative, be slightly disconcerting and ask questions. I exhibit regularly with a group of local artists and have had work shown at the RCA, RWA and BBC2.