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be lime green, in Gluttons or example? Saying that, subject matter
does inevitably talk—I might not think to paint a depressed middle
aged drinker in pink leggings, but a group of young punks is an
excuse for wild colour.

CC What is coming next?

KMcC I’ve always avoided depth of field as you note, but I’m currently work-
ing on a couple of scenes circling around ideas of imagined séances,
or Ouija boards, lit by a single candle, faces lit from below. This is
bring ing in a new depth of field. The Feasting canvas is the first of
these. I’ve wanted to paint night scenes for a while, with no success.
So this is one aim and also to calm my tendency towards a visual horror
vacui, born of an inability to place my figures—they are too often figures
without a ground; I cram the space around them in avoidance. I need
to let them breathe.

March, 2023

Kate McCrickard and Clare Cooper

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