The piece was based on Lucian Freud's self portrait however as I was working on the piece I explored Freud's painting method using my biro, paying particular attention to how the contours of the face were indicated by the direction of the brushstrokes, then I simply translated that information into a pen drawing. The whole thing used about 3 pens and took about 30 hours. The piece is on sale for £130 from the Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre.

(Images of the show can currently be found by googling the Limavady arts & cultural Centre).
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