Even though I love my mother, I didn't want to make an idealized portrait of her. I'm fascinated more by her defects - they are funnier than her other qualities.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn.
My mother has always encouraged my creative side. She is a very eclectic, creative woman and looks incredibly glamorous, even when trudging about in wellies. Our family home is full of items from her travels and her amazing etchings and drawings.
I know my mother so well, so it's hard for me to remember that people have a certain image of her, but they don't really know her personality.
My mother is a beauty.
I have just one black and white photograph left of my mother when she was younger. She was 17 when it was taken and beautiful with wispy curls and eyes that shone like dark marbles.
One of the great things about my mother is she really valued people's character more than what they did.
My mother has been a wonderful model for the professional woman - a loving mother dedicated to both her family and her work. She inspired me, made me proud, and developed in me an enormous respect for women in general.
Mum was a big style icon for me: her natural sexiness and natural confidence.
I owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally.
My mother's favorite photograph was one of herself at twenty-four years old, unbearably beautiful, utterly glamorous, in a black-straw cartwheel hat, dark-red lipstick, and a smart black suit, her notepad on a cocktail table. I know nothing about that woman.