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Paul Emsley

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[Wikipedia] Paul Emsley is a British artist who worked in South Africa until 1996 and is now resident in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England. He is a former lecturer at the Stellenbosch University and the 2007 winner of the BP Portrait Award for portrait painting. His work can be found in most public collectio

Quotes by Paul Emsley

I'm always worried about the sitter - are they cold, are they hot, are they comfortable? Photography today is so accurate and…

About

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I'm interested in the landscape of the face, the way in which light and shadow fall across the forms. That's really my…

Faces

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I don't have lots of things in the background. I do like large faces, I find them strong and contemporary.

Backgrounds

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Critics have a job to do. I understand that. It's not just to criticize. They're trying to interpret art for the public.

Art

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As an artist, you do understand you're never going to please everybody.

Art

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I'm developed as an artist to accept the fact there are different points of view, but I believe in what I do…

Accepting

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I have painted and drawn bulls for some time because of their density and all the symbolism they carry.

Bulls

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I'm always worried about the sitters - are they cold, are they hot, are they comfortable?

Anxiety

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Photography today is so accurate and so good that it's really so much easier just to take photographs and work from them.

Accurate

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