Aphrodite Still Lifes "first met Melissa when I

"first met Melissa when I was elected to the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 2008

Unkind words such as ‘dirgy’ and ‘depressing’ are bandied about and there is general agreement that this is a ‘Matthew’ picture

A framed version of this print is available to purchase here

an image of the British public at play as if frozen in a Pathé News reel

but we thought biscuits were the way to go

Aphrodite Still Lifes "first met Melissa when IIn our Cecil Court Gallery Aphrodite is the goddess of love and passion but she is also the goddess of procreation and shes a war goddess. I made this painting at the same time as the Birth of Aphrodite so much of what I said about that painting, applies for this one too. I still have a shell background and a feeling of the sea but its much less obvious in this canvas, Aphrodite is less coy and more in her skin much more confident. Perhaps this