Artists & Illustrators

Clive Head

“I have become increasingly fascinated by the act of pushing paint around to find the unexpected”

Your latest body of work feels like a departure from the precise realism of your 2010 exhibition at London’s National Gallery. What prompted the change?

I see it more as a development from those urban landscapes shown at the National Gallery. My understanding of being an artist has always been underpinned with a relentless questioning and a desire to get nearer to the truth. A snapshot

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