Catherine has promised to complete my portrait over the course of the bank holiday weekend. I like being back in the studio and realise that I’ll miss the sittings when they’re finished. At half time when I’m allowed a cup of coffee and a stretch, I realised that she has a spectacular array of tubes of paint. I asked how much a tube costs. She picked up a tube of red paint which cost £120. She let me photograph the tools of the trade. First, the tube of red paint:
More tubes:
Then the palette from which she’s working:
Lastly, the trunk of turps:
