John Lacey

I’m painting myself here again in part because I like the idea of using myself as a symbol within my own work. But there’s also a much more practical motivation here – and it isn’t that I’m completely self-obsessed. If you haven’t figured it out by the images posted here I am a complete amateur. I’ve wanted to create images of people who I care about and in some instances I have done that but mostly they haven’t come out very well, and painting myself carries a whole less guilt if executed badly.