What style of art really makes you angry?

I suppose installation when the ideas are so pedestrian and tedious and
the work is so pointless that the artists have to live on grants. I
think they should all get jobs doing window displays for stores or work
in television rental shops.

Do you ever expect to get rich/richer out of art?

No

Who do you feel has influenced art most this century?

It depends how you work. It could be Picasso, Bonnard, some
expressionist or if you are really sad Duchamp.

Which medium do you feel is the current spokesman of the arts?

Hype.

What would you like to be better at, and why?

Drawing......why not? I am cute enough to think that the brain and
the eye and technical skill are important in producing art. I should
learn a little about self-promotion as I feel the drawing is strong and
should be seen by a wider audience.

FIGURE DRAWING is a lifelong interest for me. Much effort has gone
into the development of the drawing skills needed to help me cope with
this most demanding of genres.
I have always thought that my drawing technique should have a
sensuous quality and should express much about the nature of each model.
ARTIST / MODEL RELATIONSHIP
I put the highest value on the model's part in my creative equation.
A good model can lead me into areas that are fresh to me.
Much of my work is not so much about the physical looks of my model
as about the chemistry she creates by being there as part of the
drawing process. Often a whole drawing will be about how light falls on
a breast, the softness of a mouth or about a magic line along an arm or
cheekbone.
TECHNIQUES AND PROCESSES
The choice of medium is often dictated by the qualities of the
model and I have a strong understanding of most traditional media so can
tackle the drawings in pen and
ink, pastel, graphite, conte, charcoal etc.. I can use water-colour,
gouache, acrylic or oil.
I have recently been exploring the expressive range of charcoal;
my constant drawing, rubbing back and redrawing allows a range of
textures and marks from which the figure emerges. This process can make
for drawings charged with a subtle energy that often adds to the
sensuous quality of the picture.
I belong to the messy school whose drawing begins in chaos and
slowly forms and develops in an organic and unpredictable manner. This
approach means that when the model is "right" and I am energetic and
full of concentration the results can be very exciting , because the
drawing actually charts my response to my subject and the medium.
I use models who live in the area. They are not professional but
do get paid for the work. Some will work for a couple of months and
drift away but the more important ones will go on for years. I usually
have three or four modelling over any one period....and they will work
as they wish, some will want dressed work and some be comfortable with
nude.
The drawing sessions are intense in a creative sense but models I like
best will be relaxed, chat and know what I am trying to explore.