Best known for his portraiture, Jimmy Black's style has been described by critics as "like a plasterer on amphetamine." He prefers the term pseudo-expressionism and points to his colour blindness and bi-polar disorder to explain his style. "This is just how I see the world," says Black, "it's during manic episodes that I'm driven to paint with these frenzied strokes and intense colour. I love the immediacy of acrylics and working big means there's space for bold, expressive strokes as well as those more delicate details that bring things into focus." [Read more...]