Chris Hankey

Finishing a painting - this is the most exciting part of painting for me - all the months of drawing and painting and thinking and contemplating, the mistakes - yep, lot's of them - all the processes that a work of art goes through lead to these last moments. In many ways what you are left with at the end is just a final single image but what lies behind that is so much more: the result of month’s, sometimes year’s long project throughout which the artwork changes and evolves with every visit, and every change in circumstance. And then there is the emotional and psychological state of mind - all these things contribute - the memories, the experiences, everything.