Banquo at the Stage Door

Banquo at the Stage Door

Medium: Oil paint on canvas
Size: 41 × 30.5 × 2 cm
Framed: 47 × 37 × 4 cm

During a visit to London’s West End – the heart of theatreland – I was reminded that, way back in the mists of time, I worked there at the Aldwych Theatre. First, as an usher while I was at drama school. Then, a couple of years later, as a professional actor. Having only recently decided to stop performing in schools, I found myself mulling on that familiar question: what might have been? 

This self-portrait emerged from those musings. By rendering it in inverted colours, reminiscent of negative film, I wanted to evoke alternate realities, the roads not taken, and the choices that shape one’s life.