Proper nowadays artists - day 4: Stuart Pearson Wright

Stuart Pearson Wright (b. 1975, Northampton)

Wright won the BP award in 2001. I saw his portrait of John Hurt a couple of years after that. One of the cool things about his paintings is the size which makes them really intimate.

John Hurt, oil on gesso on oak panel, 2000,

4 3/8 in. x 3 3/4 in. (110 mm x 96 mm), National Portrait Gallery, London