Leeds-born Marcus Harvey, 40 this year, hasn't been seen much since his anti-heroic antics at Sensation. It was the 11ft by 9ft portrait of Myra Hindley, remember, made out of stencilled children's handprints (and now on show in County Hall) that caused the very foundations of Burlington House to tremble and four distinguished Royal Academicians to resign their posts in disgust.Myra Hindley's evil face inspired sick artist Marcus Harvey to paint her portrait using thousands of children's handprints,' enthused the Daily Star while box office boomed. Splattered with ink and eggs and subsequently shut behind glass, Myra appeared to exhaust Harvey's creative stamina and output for years afterwards.
That's amazing! Mark - do you make your own canvasses btw? If so, what do you use?