Francis Bacon and Gary Hume (Plus Gary Hume’s Portrait of Francis Bacon, Sort-Of)

Giles, Age 16

  • Painting
  • Acrylic paint on card
  • 600(w) 590(h) 2(d) mm

This painting evolved after a chance encounter with Gary Hume’s portrait of Francis Bacon. I was interested in the theme of artists depicting artists, and doing this myself with varying degrees of interpretation, abstraction and accuracy.