Anna. Oil on panel, 2020.

Anna volunteered to sit for me just after the first lockdown had ended. It felt exciting to be back in a room with another person. I felt that Anna’s emotions were directly on the surface, and there didn't seem to be any attempt to 'put on a face'. This painting seemed to encapsulate the ennui of those strange, fearful lockdown times.

This painting was selected for the 2021 Royal Society of Portrait Painters exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London.