1 hour 9 minutes 52 seconds

Rupert Alexander, artist, interviewed by Charlotte Goodhew. The recording consists of 1 track. Track 1: [0:00-0:24] Alexander talks about seeing himself as a portrait painter, [0:25-2:08] Alexander talks about painting people off the street in Florence and how painting in his spare time compares to commissions, [2:09-2:59] Alexander talks about living in Florence, [3:00-4:32] Alexander talks about being inspired by the old masters and loving Venice, [4:33-7:35] Alexander talks about the use of light and technique, [7:36-8:25] Alexander talks about moving from focusing on layering techniques to composition, [8:26-12:39] Alexander talks about initial sketches, lighting and setting of the real tennis court, [12:40-14:11] Alexander talks about choice of colours for skin tones, [14:12-15:16] Alexander talks about lighting and composition of his Fahey portrait, [15:27-16:23] Alexander talks about Fahey sitting for him, [16:24-17:33] Goodhew talks about Brendan Kelly's Inzamam portrait, [17:34-18:36] Goodhew talks about her background and how long she has been at Lord's, [18:37-23:50] Alexander talks about Rob Fahey and the nature of sitting for a portrait, [23:51-26:07] Alexander talks about the real tennis court at Lord's, [26:08-28:13] Fletcher talks about his charcoal portrait of Keith Bradshaw, [28:14-33:31] Alexander and Goodhew talk about drawing, [33:32-35:58] Alexander talks about portraiture and photorealism, [35:59-36:49] Alexander describes his painting style, [36:50-42:09] Alexander talks about influences and his dream collection, [42:10-46:37] Alexander talks about ongoing works, reluctance to show people unfinished works and his study sketches, [46:38-48:04] silence, [48:05-58:51] Alexander shows Goodhew some ongoing works and talks about his process and talks about sight size method, [58:52-1:00:33] Alexander talks about wanting to paint Sachin Tendulkar, [1:00:34-1:02:34] Alexander and Goodhew talk about finding new artists and commissioning, [1:02:35-1:03:28] Alexander talks about initial discussions with Adam Chadwick over painting Rob Fahey, [1:03:28-1:04:29] Alexander talks about wanting to see more of the MCC's art collection [1:04:30-1:06:14] Alexander talks about gaining an interest in cricket through his work with MCC, [1:06:15-1:07:58] Silence, [1:07:59-1:09:52] Alexander talks about The Big Draw, an event to get more people painting and people watching artists at work. Piano music in background throughout

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