Art class on a train for The National Gallery!

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Well this was a first – the very first time I’ve run an art class on an actual moving train!  To celebrate The National Gallery lending Rembrandt’s ‘Self Portrait at 34’ to Brighton Museum & Art Gallery this summer, Southern Rail hosted a very special workshop for art enthusiasts to celebrate self portraiture…

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Portrait Artist of the Year Series 10 – Semi Final Baby!

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Semi Final Baby!!  In every sense of those words!  Can you believe we all got to paint the one and only Emma Bunton, Baby Spice herself!  My goodness, what a star! We couldn’t believe it when Emma walked out with all her beautiful smiley kind glamourous self – what a joy she was, and what a day this was, in such brilliant company with these incredible artists…

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Portrait Artist of the Year Heat 5 – WINNER!

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Yes I can’t quite believe it either, but I WON HEAT 5 of Portrait Artist of the Year with my painting of the absolutely beautiful Vanessa Kingori.  I am still pinching myself from the whole experience – it’s been like stepping into your television and being part of something you know so well…

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