Portraits

 Joy Ogeh-Hutfield

Joy is a transformational coach with a huge personality – she inspires hundreds of people from the stage. This painting captures the  reflective side of her which she later used as the cover for her poetry book ‘Reflections of the Soul’. 

Lisa is one of my oldest friends. She is a wonderful ceramic artist and teaches art to children with additional needs.

We would catch up for coffee every few weeks. I managed to convince her to pose for me, casually, for this piece.

Aleksandra- a choreographer, healer and so much more. This painting was the second painting of her. The first was a commission, which took weeks! After that  I came to know her face so well I was able to paint this quite quickly. I chose a more expressive style to reflect her personality.

Eunice. Another inspiring friend. We hadn’t known each other long when I painted this- but I knew there was something special about her. She has an amazing story of coming to the UK, educating herself, building a business and a new academic career. 

Nicolette: I have known Nicolette for over 25 years. She is a singer songwriter with her own record label. She constantly inspires me with her creativity, her journey of self discovery. She has a gentle joyful spirit which I hope to have captured in this painting.

Charles Byrd. A wonderful man. An amazing painter and creator of ‘magical machines’- kinetic art. I met him when I finished university and we remained friends ever since. This painting is from a photograph I took of him aged 100. He is one of the great unrecognised artists of our time. 

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