Portraits
Created By
Hugh
Painted directly from life.
This young up and coming singer owed me a few hours of wasted time, so I forced him to sit still ... Read more
A quick portrait this - it took a full day of work and I held his attention by placing a mirror b... Read more
The Portrait took a couple of days to complete after the initial drawing.
This was painted over three days in his study overlooking Hampstead Heath.
A challenge this was to paint by oil lamp and to give the head as much light as the lamp. Painte... Read more
Commissioned by the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama of one of their most distinguished alu... Read more
Commissioned by a lady in the West Country, this was painted over four days, allowing much time f... Read more
Commissioned by an Oxford academic.
Finding three days for this man to sit still was a challenge in itself.
One of a pair of sisters commissioned by an Oxford academic.
The best of two or three drawings done in a day.
This was a daring composition arrived at after two days of drawing, and discovering who really wo... Read more
In drawing this man, I found he gesticulated a lot with his hands, so naturally they had to be pa... Read more
This painting was commissioned by the boy's mother. It took three days to complete, one for the ... Read more
