Peter Howson Self Portrait Repentant, 2001

Self Portrait: Repentant, 2001 is from Peter Howson, one of his generation’s leading figurative painters and currently the subject of a
major retrospective at Edinburgh City Art Centre, When the Apple Ripens: Peter Howson at 65, running until 1st October 2023. Howson is renowned for his penetrating insight into the human condition, as Robert Heller wrote, his practice is ‘founded in humanity, especially the human face.’ The portrait is a delicate yet bold drawing, with textured detail of light and darkness illuminating and shadowing the pensive emotions of the artist in that moment.