Sky Portrait Artist of The Year
StoryVault Films
Golden Guy Matt Weston (winner 2x Gold Medals Winter Olympics 2026)
'Psychological Games' was painted on Sky Portrait Artist of The Year 2026
Portrait Commissions
I paint portraits on traditional and non traditional surfaces. Small portraits of single sitters start at £395 and take a few weeks to complete.
If you want to find out more please get in touch
Each portrait I make is an intimate record of character and personal history, preserved in paint. I work with smooth, transparent oil glazes, layering colour the way vintage film stock holds light and time-stamping each painting as if it were a frame from a classic movie.
Please find a selection of portraits commissions below
Holding all my children
Oil on metal, 2024
This portrait was commissioned to capture and commemorate a person, an event, and the process of healing from a traumatic grief. Paintings were completed over an extended period of time, allowing for several opportunities to talk, preparation for the intrusion of being watched and photographed, and pauses to reflect between sessions. It was an honour to be asked to bear witness to this difficult year and a testament to the power of art to do more than merely entertain or delight. Many of the images we made together will remain for purely private reflection.
This Is Not A Pity Portrait: Abi Morgan OBE
Oil on a series of small metal tiles
105cm by 10cm
Vanessa Brassey, 2026
Abi Morgan OBE , is a multi award-winning playwright, screenwriter and creator of both acclaimed television dramas The Split and The Hour, and films including The Iron Lady, Shame, Suffragette and Netflix's Eric. Her extraordinary memoir, This Is Not a Pity Memoir, inspired the title of my painting, This Is Not a Pity Portrait. Developed from a combination of in person sittings and conversations with Abi, and with her encouragement, I approached the final portrait as a sequence of cinematic shots, echoing her distinctive approach to storytelling on screen. Abi is also a director, and she likes to play with abstraction to build tension and puzzles. Rather than capturing a single likeness, I wanted the painting to unfold through shifting perspectives, expressions and moments, revealing something of the complexity, wit and humanity of Abi, as well as the mysterious process of transposing imagination into narrative.
