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I came accross a video online today,
It’s a short piece about the painter Sean Scully.

We met in Dublin in 1984.
He was invited to judge the work of the graduating students 
of that year. I was one of them.

He loved the paintings I was doing at the time, 
and wanted to know how I had arrived at in my work.

After much talk and laughter, we ended up downing too many pints of Guinness in a noisy Dublin pub.
He talked of of methods, motives and materials, and the strategy of making a career as a painter.

And although he was the rising star of the New York art scene, with sales of his paintings in six figures,
and museums lining up to buy one, I felt that he considered me as an equal. 

I have always admired the monumental simplicity in his work, and I hope you enjoy this clip:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/video/2011/feb/09/sean-scully-artist-video?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3486