My focus, as a contemporary realist artist, is to represent the beauty of the everyday and to do so, whenever possible, by working from life.
During lockdown earlier this year, I decided to work with the only person willing and available – myself. I simply placed a mirror near a window so I could work with natural light and, working directly onto the board, painted the scene and myself within it.
The pandemic has been an anxious time so perhaps it is not surprising that my expression is serious but, of course, I am also concentrating hard. This little self-portrait is one of several I painted during this time and will always remain a memory, for me, of the experience of Covid 19, 2020.