Portraiture is a subject I have returned to throughout my career. I prefer informal poses, perhaps engaged in a favourite activity, which for me helps to capture a person's essence. When the subject of a painting feels they have been portrayed as they see themselves, and as others see them, it's one of my greatest satisfactions as an artist.

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As my portraits are infrequent, I find it a wonderful test of muscle memory in mixing the tones for different skin colours.