My portrait of Claire-Louise Bennett appears on p. 23 in today’s Sunday Independent (Ireland).
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Gordon Bennett!
Claire-Louise Bennett has chosen one of my portraits to illustrate her biography in Granta. The picture was taken at Le Rostand, Paris, in 2018.
Where Do You Go To?

Me — or rather the Platonic version of me (young with hair, etc.) — by Renaissance woman Julie Kamon

The above portrait is inspired by this picture of me (sunburnt) in Juan-les-Pins, August 2020
Thanks Julie!
The Quiddity of Andrew Gallix
The multi-talented Sam Mills has done my portrait (as part of a series of writers’ portraits). The beauty of it is that she’s actually managed to make me look good! This is the second draft. Sam said, “I found it easier to draw your eyes when I realised you have similar eyes to Lucian Freud, who I’ve also been sketching (his ghost kindly sat for me…)”.
Sam Mills: “Evidence: if you compare this photo of Lucian Freud with you, I think you have a similar profile, with regard to long lashes/slant of lips? Something similar somewhere”.
Sam Mills: “It’s a colourful pic because you look very vital, with a lot of sun and shukra in your skin, but a close look suggests a jaded edge, as though you’ve not had much sleep or you’ve been imbibing or something (!). Anyway, I was struggling with another portrait & found myself drawing it; here is the half-finished sketch”.