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Two photos to follow. I imagine they will be the last two to post on this blog as they will be the last two paintings that will possibly be in my final degree exhibition. I have been a little distracted this week…when there really isnt time to be distracted. I have been in touch with Summerhill School. A private boarding progressive school in Suffolk. As somone who home-educated both my children at home throughout their lives….I have enormous empathy with autonomous education. I have been in conversation with Summerhill School and a position of art teacher is an exciting career opportunity possibly in the near future. Back to the works in progress. I am still working on the large canvas in my studio space. It is probably the most intimidating painting I have ever worked on. Two reasons being the scale of the painting and not really having any firm idea how the end result will look. I am working from my imagination…and for me the painting is significant as I am aware that I am exposing myself emotionally…and that is quite scary. Whether other people will look at this painting and read anything deeper into it is not so much my concern. The painting for me has and is a cathartic experience and a very honest depiction of how I see myself. As I havent worked from any photographs, my self portrait is not represetational as in my other work. This lends itself to looking more abstract and surreal and is completlely different to anything else I have done before. I am wondering if it will work in the degree show next to my other portraits. Feeling anxious about how much more there is still to do.