Artists & Illustrators

Christabel BLACKBURN

“A portrait is as much a painting of the painter as it is of the sitter”

WHAT WAS IT LIKE COMPETING IN PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR?

t was very intense. Artists are generally quite private people and you’re suddenly thrown into this situation where you have to paint

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