The Flood, Big Ben Gold Silver & Bronze "The first piece I saw

"The first piece I saw by James was his portrait of Paul Smith in the National Portrait Gallery

colour-by-numbers easily and I was thinking about my parents and their love and laughter-filled marriage

We’ve had works from this period before in the retrospectives held after Gordon’s death but they are a rare find and it is a pleasure to see one of this quality in the gallery again

We have two large oils in the exhibition

This is where I got the title from - I mentioned the snake when I first posted the painting on social media and a yoga teacher friend commented ‘Kundalini Rising’ and I laughed and thought - yes

The Flood, Big Ben Gold Silver & Bronze "The first piece I saw