I like strong/vulnerable interesting women, and then sometimes I like painting beautiful men, like Kurt Cobain, or Mr Darcy. — Stella Vine Copy Share Image
I do have a very, very big problem with someone who saw me coming and exploited me as a mascot. — Stella Vine Copy Share Image
I will look through 200 photographs of Kate Moss and there will be just one that I connect with for some reason, maybe because… — Stella Vine Copy Share Image
I like strong/vulnerable interesting women, and then sometimes I like painting beautiful men, like Kurt Cobain, or Mr Darcy. — Stella Vine Copy Share Image
I wanted my work to be seen for free in a public space, I want to be up there with Pollock and de Kooning,… — Stella Vine Copy Share Image
Perhaps the people I choose to paint are often objects of derision - celebrity is a bit of a put-down term, isn't it? But… — Stella Vine Copy Share Image
I had been painting Kate Moss for a long time, both before the time of her crisis and during it. I felt very strongly… — Stella Vine Copy Share Image
Even in the most horrendous situations there is always something to smile about. — Stella Vine Copy Share Image
I'm looking forward to being old, to be able to accept what I am and become self-sufficient. Mid-forties is a good age and it's… — Stella Vine Copy Share Image
Books are my one luxury. I have a lot of large coffee-table-size art books, in the shelves above my bed, about people like Warhol,… — Stella Vine Copy Share Image
I think there is a total equality for me between painting a literary figure or Kate Moss or my Mum or a dog or… — Stella Vine Copy Share Image
A common misperception of me is that I am a victim. I am not a victim. I am just honest about how things affect… — Stella Vine Copy Share Image
My working hours are not that conventional. I often get up about two in the morning and do a painting, and then I'll have… — Stella Vine Copy Share Image
On Christmas Day I'll head off for a couple of laps around the Serpentine, or a trek around the whole of Hyde Park. Or… — Stella Vine Copy Share Image
I've lived on my own since I was 13 and not been to school and brought a son up who's now 18 and run… — Stella Vine Copy Share Image
I like to watch old films. Meet Me in St Louis, Cul-de-Sac and Buffalo 66 are some of my favourites. — Stella Vine Copy Share Image
