no. well, it all started at school when i was 14 and there was an art exam and i did nothing but flick painted people and generally draw attention to myself because i was deeply in love with the biology mistress who was invigilating in the exam. and then. and i saw, then i saw the clock and it was 20 past three and i knew that at half past three i d got to hand in a painting so i did one. and when the results came out two or three weeks later, i was top of art and i thought, this is worth looking into. i don t have to try at it. i m good at it. so it started then and then i went on, took my first oil paintings under my arm to show cedric morris and lett haines, this extraordinary. known in hadleigh as the artist s house, which is on the edge of hadleigh. so we re still in suffolk at this point? yeah. but these two, cedric and lett, particularly i think lett, became real mentors to you. absolutely.
a little bit. you grew up in suffolk, so in a sense, you ve come home. yeah. you re weren t. .. i was going to say you weren t from an artistic family, but it turns out you were, but your father actually proved to be a very talented painter. but when you were a girl and when you were first introduced to painting, you had no idea your dad was actually quite gifted. no. well, it all started at school when i was 1a and there was an art exam and i did nothing but flick painted people and generally draw attention to myself because i was deeply in love with the biology mistress who was invigilating in the exam. and then. and i saw, then i saw the clock and it was 20 past three and i knew that at half past three i d got to hand in a painting so i did one. and when the results came out two or three weeks later, i was top of art and i thought, this is worth looking into. i don t have to try at it. i m good at it. so, it started then and then i went
were, yourfamily family but it turns out you were, your family actually proved to be a very talented painter but when you were a girl at first introduced to painting, no idea your dad was quite gifted? quite gifted? no, it all started quite gifted? no, it all started at quite gifted? no, it all started at school- quite gifted? no, it all started at school when quite gifted? no, it all. started at school when i quite gifted? no, it all- started at school when i was 14 started at school when i was ia and there was an art exam and i did nothing but flick paint people generally drew attention to myself because i was deeply in love with the biology mistress who was modulating the exam and i saw the clock and it was 20 past three and i knew that at 330 i had to hand in a painting and so i did what and when results came in, i was a type of art and i thought, this is with looking into. i don t have to try, i am good at it. that it started then and then i went onto my first oil painting. i
but when you were a girl and when you were first introduced to painting, you had no idea your dad was actually quite gifted. no. well, it all started at school when i was 14 and there was an art exam and i did nothing but flick painted people and generally draw attention to myself because i was deeply in love with the biology mistress who was invigilating in the exam. and then. and i saw, then i saw the clock and it was 20 past three and i knew that at half past three i d got to hand in a painting so i did one. and when the results came out two or three weeks later, i was top of art and i thought, this is worth looking into. i don t have to try at it. i m good at it. so it started then and then i went on, took my first oil paintings under my arm to show cedric morris and lett haines, this extraordinary. known in hadleigh as the artist s house, which is on the edge of hadleigh. so we re still in suffolk at this point? yeah. but these two, cedric and lett,
from an artistic family, but it turns out you were, but your father actually proved to be a very talented painter. but when you were a girl and when you were first introduced to painting, you had no idea your dad was actually quite gifted. no. well, it all started at school when i was 14 and there was an art exam and i did nothing but flick painted people and generally draw attention to myself because i was deeply in love with the biology mistress who was invigilating in the exam. and then. and i saw, then i saw the clock and it was 20 past three and i knew that at half past three i d got to hand in a painting so i did one. and when the results came out two or three weeks later, i was top of art and i thought, this is worth looking into. i don t have to try at it. i m good at it. so it started then and then i went on, took my first oil paintings under my arm to show cedric morris and lett haines, this extraordinary. known in hadleigh as the artist s house, which is