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	'Nose'	Artist's Comment Playful experimentation. I was taking up to 100 photos of myself a day. I liked the way the light turned my nose and eyelids orange.
	'Wink'	Artist's Comment Starting to experiment with pushing paint around the surface and playing around with my own expressions.
	'Blue Ghost'	Artist's Comment Was thinking about 'goldfish' by Klimt, where the smiling woman is turning her back to the viewers, showing her bottom. I suppose I was turning my back on my old way of painting when I was trying to please everyone with skill.
	'Good Mourning'	Artist's Comment My Nan who raised me, with my Dad and Granddad, died in my arms. I was trying to come to terms with it. Heard Jeff Buckley's 'Hallelujah' in my studio for the first time, played it over and over again.
	'What's the time Mister Wolf?'	Artist's Comment Just beginning to use bolder strokes, still not totally confident with my mark making. Was visiting a mental hospital as an outpatient. Wasn't looking after myself, living off bread, soup and red wine. Went to Alcoholics Anonymous, found I wasn't an alcoholic, just going through a bad time.
	'Brave Face'	Artist's Comment Painted in a fury in about half an hour. I felt let down by everyone and everything, was agoraphobic and suffering from panic attacks. Worked and lived on the same street. Up all through most nights.
	'U can't touch this'	Artist's Comment At the time I was working in Brighton as a life model. I really wanted to see how it would feel to pose for other artists. This was a dark period in my life. I often thought about 'vogue' like poses, which was against the norm. My thoughts got so carried away that sometimes I'd forget where I was and that I was naked. I felt that the people drawing me had even less clue about my identity when I wasn't clothed.
'Nose'   'Wink'   'Blue Ghost'   'Good Mourning'     'What's the time Mister Wolf?'   'Brave Face'   'U can't touch this'	'Summary'