Wonderful piece — completely immersive. I’ve been a bit obsessed with Celia Paul ever since I first saw a portrait of her in a Lucian Freud exhibit in London 2020…and then I read her memoir, heard your podcast with her, read her second book, the Letters to Gwen John, and now this! What a delight and congratulations— what a fitting honour to have your work celebrating women artists with a great artist!
I was so happy to get this in my inbox this morning. Just last month a painting mentor sent me an article about Celia in the Guardian and now this. Love this piece! Thank you!
It is instructive for me ... I just started having my friends sit for me to paint and I'm learning so many things about painting portraits from a live sitting, including how the sitters feel about it. One of them found it to be a singular and, I think, profound experience.
Loved that article - even reading it was a quietening experience - made me feel very calm and almost as if I were there. Hope to see the painting in real life one day soon!
Wonderful piece — completely immersive. I’ve been a bit obsessed with Celia Paul ever since I first saw a portrait of her in a Lucian Freud exhibit in London 2020…and then I read her memoir, heard your podcast with her, read her second book, the Letters to Gwen John, and now this! What a delight and congratulations— what a fitting honour to have your work celebrating women artists with a great artist!
Read my article in NY Observer about Celia
I will search it out, thank you.
I found it and enjoyed it immensely — a graceful piece full of insight and respect. Thank you.
Thank you, Sydney!
Katy - what a wonderful article about stillness, silence, creating art, Celia, you, the light…just so lovely.
Wish I could be there to hear your conversation with Celia but I’m in the States. Hope it’s recorded! 🙏
⚖️ 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮
“𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘚𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘴𝘪𝘵, 𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯—𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥.”
https://patricemersault.substack.com/p/chief-justices-clarence-thomas-and?r=4d7sow
I was so happy to get this in my inbox this morning. Just last month a painting mentor sent me an article about Celia in the Guardian and now this. Love this piece! Thank you!
It is instructive for me ... I just started having my friends sit for me to paint and I'm learning so many things about painting portraits from a live sitting, including how the sitters feel about it. One of them found it to be a singular and, I think, profound experience.
Wonderful wonderful wonderful to read. I could almost feel that experience myself. Thank you!
I feel as I have been there with you!
What a dream! I love Celia’s work and the piece is beautiful!
So many jumping off points! Thank you.
Loved that article - even reading it was a quietening experience - made me feel very calm and almost as if I were there. Hope to see the painting in real life one day soon!
This is magical. Thank you.
Very interesting
Extraordinary