Lucian Freud ...

... is an artist whose works I cannot fully comprehend, as he paints his subjects so violently and tenderly at the same time. The exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery was truly astonishing. His studio, the importance of punctuality in his sitter, the silence between them, the unknowable of another person reminds me of psychotherapy and he once said,“When you find things very moving, the desire to find out more lessens rather. Rather like when in love with someone you don’t want to meet the parents.”

"Portrait of the Hound" is his last unfinished nude portrait of his long term assistant (David Dawson) and his whippet (Eli). It is a most affecting portrait, as the rawness of the human soul and its physical imperfections lie bare ...