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The self portrait shows Howard in his studio, a brush resting in his hand, his unseen left hand maybe raised in the act of painting. Though informal in his open-necked white shirt, the artist is upright in posture and seems self-absorbed. Daylight streaming from a window hews out strong facial features. His eyes seem impenetrably dark. The sensual mouth is still. The face gives little away. Above, hangs some shadowy portrait and other indiscernible pictures. The mantelpiece portrait seems to proclaim the centrality of the human figure. The muted palette of grey-yellow walls and black-brown sweater contrasts with the geometric yellow bands on the wall and the ruddy fireplace tones. During the war, Howard sketched in the air-raid shelter beneath a factory.
'Ulster Crucifixion' (1978) was awarded a prize in the John Moores exhibition. Howard has produced diaphanous watercolours of Venice and of Cornish beaches. Howard says, ‘I love painting the model with the light coming through her hair or just catching down the body’.
The Ruth Borchard Collection
Title
Self Portrait at Cricklewood
Date
1961
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 61 x W 31 cm
Accession number
PCF62
Acquisition method
acquired by Ruth Borchard as part of the original collection
Work type
Painting
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