Lawrence Coulson
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I only once ever experienced ‘painter’s block’. I have no ideawhy it happened but it was around 10 years ago and, for several days, everymove I madewas wrong. Colours, tones, everything. Every brushstroke tookme deeper into despair, very frightening. Until one day all my abilities suddenly returned, like the needle on a record dropping into the groove, and I have been fine ever since. If I could conversewith any artist itwould be J.M.W. Turner. I have only one question; "Please sir, could you teachme to paint?..." If I hadn’t been lucky enough to become a professional painter I wouldhave loved to have been a car designer. This was an ambition during my schooldays but academicallywas never going to happen. Half of the reason I failedmost of my exams was probably down to a lack of concentration due to doodling some car or other. When I amnotworkingmymain interest is cars, always has been. Not somuch the exotic stuff like Ferraris or Lamborghinis but older cars, from the ‘60s to the ‘80s. I’mnomechanic by anymeans so my tinkering involves nomore than cleaning and polishing. Mywife and I attend classic car events in an oldMercedes that my father passed tome, but I am just as happy charging around inmy ten year old Saab estate. I lovemusic too, I can’t play anything (yet) but there is always something booming out in the studio, anything fromGary Numan to Beck to The Stranglers to Kate Bush. I would always rather have a phone conversation to an e-mail. I prefer the personal touch. I was always a dreadful pessimist, looking on the darker side of things, cuphalf empty, all of that. These days I ama littlemore optimistic and clearer thinking. Sometimes things happen in your life that force a change for the better.
"WHEN I AM NOT PAINTING MY MAIN INTEREST IS CARS, ALWAYS HAS BEEN."
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