Stuart Pearson Wright characteristically paints his portraits in person, sitting very close to each subject. This creates the “half-realist,” elongated perspective, typical in his work. He believes that this way of working also allows him to confront the sitter, the painting becoming a synthesis of himself and them: "There is a physical projection on to a person and there’s also, I think, a psychological projection on to a person...that’s really what makes portrait painting interesting."