Paula Rego

Theres a Paula Rego exhibition on locally (Brighton Museum and Art Gallery) and someone pointed it out to me. Alongside this there was a talk by Paula today which I just managed to sneek into. I'm not a Rego expert but have been interested for while because I'm a line artist as well as a painter and Paula is a very good drafts women. Anyway I thought the talk would be a good way to get to know her and her work quickly and I was right. Meeting the artist in this case was very enlightening, for a start some of the pictures appear quite dark but from her talk it was clear there is a lot of humour in there. She definitely understands magic!She's very much an individual and a long way from an expressionist, old school you could say. When asked what amateur artists should do she replied "learn to draw" (quite right), she emphasized drawing what you see not whats in your head.The show is quite a big one and well worth going to see. Allow an hour or two.Don't go too close to the cushion man though!