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John Portsmouth Football Club Westwood Painting
United Kingdom
Painting, Oil on Canvas
Size: 47.2 W x 78.7 H x 1.6 D in
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About The Artwork
When Portsmouth football club won the 2008 FA Cup I wanted to celebrate like everybody else in the city but in my own way as an artist. At the time I'd seen pictures of this crazy supporter but didn't know who he was. I subsequently found out he was an antiques book dealer based in Petersfield and he had changed his name by deed poll to John Portsmouth Football Club Westwood. Equating this character to antique dealing was conflicting and at the same time intriguing. I went to his bookshop introduced myself and John was wonderfully accommodating. We did three sittings during which I came to understand that Westwood’s tattoos and costume were not simply an attention-seeking display but a way of externalising his deep passion for Portsmouth FC and reflecting his inner self. It was quite fascinating the depth to which John's identify is tied up with the club. The painting has been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, London as part of the BP Awards 2009 is featured in the book 500 portraits: BP Portrait Award by Sandy Nairn. It was also exhibited as part of the Parker Harris, Football Art Prize, Rochdale, Touchstones; Sheffield Millennium Gallery and Sunderland Museum and City Gardens, March 2022 - 2023.
Details & Dimensions
Painting:Oil on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:47.2 W x 78.7 H x 1.6 D in
Frame:Not applicable
Ready to Hang:No
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
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United Kingdom
I am a figurative painter based in Portsmouth, UK with a focus on portraiture. Over the past five years I have teamed up with Portsmouth City Council and Arts Council England for my project We Don’t Need Culture, creating works of Portsmouth residents in an attempt to encapsulate the community and cultural environment of the city. My work resides in private and public hands, as part of Portsmouth city art collection and the Royal Navy, it has been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, National Gallery of Scotland, the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of Marine Artists and is featured in the book 500 portraits: BP Portrait Award by Sandy Nairn.
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