'Suicide: the artist's final career move', (2006) 140 x 100 cm, Oil on Linen.  2006

The scene is a painter’s studio. An artist lies dead on the floor having shot himself with a handgun. Blood seeps from his head and stains a blue carpet. On the easel is a blank canvas - probably a sign of creative block. I was experiencing such a block and solved the problem by making it the subject of a picture. In front of the white canvas is a simple wooden chair made ...