George Formby Colour Portrait

I had a couple of books at Christmas so have been reading up on some of my favourite artists, Rolf Harris and his mentor, the Australian impressionist Hayward Veal, the 'vibrant acrylics' impressionist artist Hashim Akib, and the Austrian painter Voka.

I love impressionism and loose brush work and have been trying to incorporate ideas from all of these artists into my own work, particularly Voka. He describes his style as 'spontaneous realism', and brings 'immediacy, vigour and enthusiasm' into his paintings.

I've attempted to do that in this observation of George Formby, from his performance of 'I Wish I Was Back On The Farm' from the 1940 film 'Spare A Copper', using larger brushes and rich acrylic paint as much as possible.