Boy aged 14 on the beach at Cleethorpes, (2011) oil on linen, 90 x 120 cm  2011

This self-portrait derives from a school group photo - I am wearing a school tie but by then I had discarded the school blazer. The fishing port of Grimsby and the seaside resort of Cleethorpes merge into one another and since the beach and amusement arcades of the latter were only a short bicycle ride from my home I often visited Cleethorpes either with my parents, my fri...