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My favourite painting Ashley Campbell

Iris by Kevin Sharkey

‘Galleries continually emerge in Notting Hill, where I live, but Kevin Sharkey stands out as a bold artist. I find myself captivated by his work–it is an absolute delight. As a musical-theatre explodes with vivid, almost graffiti-like strokes, practically dancing off the canvas. It beautifully encapsulates the essence of the show-business command: “Full out with feeling.” The radiant circle of colour in mirrors, to me, the rhythmic dance of life’

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