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Quiet moment at South Kensington Station, c1970
Quick research 03
#capturingalikeness – observation and perception 03
Walking round the National Gallery while thinking about my portrait project, I snapped these close-ups of paintings I liked, selecting them for their range of styles and treatments. Live models would have been used by the artists in all cases, but in some, only as a starting point.

Mud flats, low tide and setting sun
St James’s Park Station, c1970
Another memory-jogger from the Museum of Childhood
George Shaw’s homely and unsettling vision of Britain
Quick research 02
#capturingalikeness – observation and perception 02
Walking round the National Gallery while thinking about my portrait project, I snapped these close-ups of paintings I liked, selecting them for their range of styles and treatments. Live models would have been used by the artists in all cases, but in some, only as a starting point.
