Brian Dunlop (1938–2009) Self-Portrait
"Life is that stuff that stops you from doing what you
other. When I started life drawing at the National Art
want to..."
School BD was my instructor, and we happened to
live opposite each other in the same street. Eventually
That's how I used to see my earlier, forced years
Brian invited me to study with him. This led to an
studying architecture. Of course now I realise many
informal apprenticeship a few days a week, for a
good things have come from this, the best being
number of years in Brian's city studio. While he
meeting Brian, who was my graphic teacher. It seems
wasn't formally a teacher, he was a wonderful painter,
like we were destined to continually run into each
and over the years taught me so much.