Mr Abid-Ali, Clifton Beach, Karachi July 1993
Painted on location outside Mr Abid-Ali’s roadside cafe on Clifton Beach, Karachi. At the time I was working as a consultant shipyard designer and this was my day off so I caught a bus from the Marriott Hotel down to the nearest beach. After making a few drawings on the beach it was time for some refreshment so I wandered into Mr Ali’s cafe on the promenade and immediately struck up a conversation with him. He wanted me to paint his portrait but I told him I would need to keep the painting but he insisted I do it. I gave him a pencil portrait instead and he gave me a Pepsi! Then I said goodbye and drew some camels on the beach. Looking back , me in my white suit and tie the only white guy on the beach, I caught a calmer moment in history before things took a turn for the worst after 9/11.
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I am a painter of northern landscapes and of the sea. I'm an established artist in the north of England but I'm also known more widely with for example my TV participation in the SKY Portrait Artist of the Year competition.
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