Usually when I begin a painting, I know exactly how it is going to turn out. I always (subconsciously) plan ahead - sometimes I have to make a few subtle changes along the way for practical reasons, but for the most part I know what it will end up looking like...
Not so with this painting, “The Impersonators”. I started with a completely different idea in my head, but suddenly these two Amy Winehouse wannabes appeared on my canvas. It was odd, but also interesting. I had just got her albums and was listen to her music a lot at the time, so perhaps that’s where they came from. What I had seen in my mind was a double portrait with two girls in pink & pearls... Hmmm, apparently that wasn’t going to happen!
I guess I like to know where I am going - to be in control - but this was a very good & very unexpected surprise.
