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Peter James Field

Brighton
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I paint stuff. BP Portrait Award 2020 & 2018. Royal Soc of Portrait Painters 2019. Sky Portrait Artist of the Year Contestant 2020. peterjamesfield.com
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The day I met Gilbert and George

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By Peter James Field
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In 1994, aged seventeen, I went for tea with Gilbert and George. I’d first encountered their work at the tender age of seven. My family was living just outside Dublin and, during a day trip into town, they decided to pay a fleeting visit to a free modern art expo they’d heard about, called ‘Rosc 84’ at the Guinness Hop Store. I was non-plussed and, in some cases, downright terrified by the artists on display. A large Gilbert and George photo piece entitled ‘Waking’ proved an exception though.
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Illustration Diary - peterjamesfield.co.uk

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By Peter James Field
| peterjamesfield.co.uk
When I was at art college, guest lecturers would regularly wow us with their intimidatingly wonderful accounts of high-profile projects and clients – but few ever talked about what happened in those initial wilderness between college and their successful destinations. They never mentioned mistakes, rejections, wrong turnings, self-doubt or money worries. I always thought an honest-as-possible account of such things could be just as instructive.
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Goya and Godoy - peterjamesfield.co.uk

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By Peter James Field
| peterjamesfield.co.uk
Goya paints Manuel Godoy, arguably the most powerful man in Spain, and certainly one of the most hated. Godoy, was a charismatic member of the royal guard who inveigled himself into the affections of King Charles IV and his wife Maria Luisa. In the space of a few years he had become Prime Minister of Spain and, thanks to his Royal influence, the de facto dictator of the country. He was rumoured to be the Queen’s lover, and for a time he forced his wife to live in the same house as his mistresses.
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