The National Portrait Gallery's drawing, Self Portrait (in memory of my father), is to be shown as part of an exhibition devoted to self portraiture at Turner Contemporary, Margate. Opening on 25th January, and organized jointly with the NPG, 'Self: Image and Identity: Self-portraiture from Van Dyck to Louise Bourgeois' is being staged to showcase their newly acquired Van Dyck self portrait.

I will be showing two works, Couple (1990) and Woman Cradling Glass Vessel (2010) in the exhibition 'Family, familiar' at the Gallery at the Discovery Centre in Winchester, 22nd March-11th May 2014. Described by the gallery as.....

Film director Wes Anderson approached me in 2012 to paint a fictional Re­nais­sance portrait to be titled 'Boy with Apple' for his next film The Grand Budapest Hotel.

The plot pivots around the theft and recovery of a priceless portrait by Renaissance master Johannes Van Hoytl. Intrigued by the script.....

On 12th of November the world lost a truly unique personality and composer, and I lost a very dear friend and neighbour. John had that rare quality of a formidable intellect combined with a child's trusting heart, and the combination could be devastating. I had painted a portrait of this lovely, impossible, brilliant, difficult, kind and often very funny man in 2001 for the National Portrait Gallery, and although we stayed in touch, it was only since ......

Waterhouse and Dodd will be showing Broken Camera with Red Curtain in the first show at their new gallery at 47 Albemarle Street, London W1 4JW. The exhibition, which opens on July 5th, contains Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary works, including Calder, Picasso, Bomberg and Hockney. The gallery move is a result of the pending redevelopment of Cork Street.

Seated Girl with Three-Tiered Table is on display at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters annual exhibition in the Mall Galleries, London. (nr Trafalgar Square) The exhibition runs from 9th-24th May 2013. For more information http://www.therp.co.uk/

A new still life, Broken Camera with Red Curtain, will join two other recent works at the forthcoming mixed exhibition of contemporary still life painting at Waterhouse and Dodd in Cork Street, London. The show will be the last at their Cork Street premises before the gallery moves to a new space in Albermarle Street (due to the controversial Cork Street redevelopment).

The exhibition opens on 15th May, and runs until 7th June. A PDF of the catalogue (6.2 MB: requires Adobe Reader) is available. Other artists featured ....

Self portrait is currently on display at the National Portrait Gallery in room 40. The drawing is a recent aquisition by the NPG. Also on display at present is Michael's portrait of Sir John Tavener, in room 36. Waterhouse and Dodd are currently offering a drawing from the same series at their....

I have recently gone back to making some comparatively small, concentrated still lifes. These tend to feature.....

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts in Birmingham will be showing Michael's portrait of Sir John Tavener as part of a collection of portraits of 20th century composers. The exhibition, a joint project with the National Portrait Gallery titled "Facing the Music", will be formally opened by Michael on 24th May and will run from 25th May- 27th August 2012.