A new friend Gold Silver & Bronze "The first piece I saw

"The first piece I saw by James was his portrait of Paul Smith in the National Portrait Gallery

No more words needed

It could be a heart or an apple - but I see it as representing a doorway you pass through on your journey of growth and awakening

innocent enough for the times but in the context of what sophisticated society knew of 1920s Capri

A new friend Gold Silver & Bronze "The first piece I sawThe Age Tanned Collection I have used pages from a 1902 edition of Florence Marryats novel My Own Child. The quaint chapter titles and the gorgeous Rich Tea biscuit colour of the pages really helped forming the ideas for these little paintings. Oil pastel, acrylic paint and drawing ink on age tanned vintage book pages & UV protective museum glass