I painted this in Prussian Blue but that colour doesn't photograph well.

Portraits

I'm doing a new body of work and hope to have a show I'll call Off The Wall. A lot of them are close-up heads. My aim is to push beyond the surfaces of realism but not by using abstraction. I have thought of various ways to do this such as painting a monochrome and then doing part in colour but haven't come up with the answer yet. People do say I show emotions in these portraits which may be enough.

A Confrontation

Here's a little series of portraits where I've tried to confront some of my own feelings.

Entrance to the game

Acrylics on 30 x 24 inch canvas.

Mikeys Dream Middle

This is the first painting of the series. Acrylics on 40 x 32 inch canvas.

The Game

2003: Acrylics on 30 x 24 inch canvas.

MikeysDream

Here's one of my earlier paintings. I took up portraiture after this.

Acrylics on 32 x 24 inch canvas.