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PAINTING OF THE MONTH

1st February, 2026

Audrey in Pink Oil 18 x 14 in

I painted this a few years ago with the artist Tom Coates and a group of painters. We used to get together for a week every year and painted from models all day and into the evening. Quite intense but very rewarding. I painted Audrey a couple of times, the other one was a tiny portrait (Audrey in Red) which I managed to show at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and Discerning Eye at the Mall Galleries.

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