Bob Geldof Acrylic

Another piece for the exhibition. I started working from a different reference, but having sketched it out onto the canvas, felt it wasn't working, so decided to paint my sketch from an earlier post. I could have spent a lot longer on this, fine-tuning and so on, but once I'd done the two main strands of hair (which for me summed up his whole personality) the piece was finished.

The Rats (of 'The Boomtown Rats' fame), are going to be playing at the Fairfield Halls at the same time as my exhibition. My plan is to meet up with them and hope they can pass on a copy of the painting to Bob. He was flattered to be in Spitting Image, so hopefully he'll get a kick out of this as well.

We'll see how it goes.