‘Nude painting’, (1958). Oil on hardboard, 122 x 122 cm.  1958

This painting was produced while I was at art school in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was based on observations of a female nude. However, the picture was rotational in that it was turned during production resulting in a virtually abstract composition. (The painting could be displayed on a wall in eight possible ways. ) In this work, the legacy of modern art was being assimilate...