Self-portrait in Pembroke Studios

Since 2013 Hogan has had use of a studio that for nearly 50 years belonged to the painter Leonard Rosoman. He used a mirror on a hinge to gain a different perspective on his paintings, and she kept getting glimpses of herself at work as she passed it. She is not primarily a painter of portraits but since 2006 she has made a series of portrait heads, created whilst observing the changes in a sitter’s posture and expressions whilst making recordings with an oral historian. In some ways she came upon this image of herself by a similar gradual, stealthy approach.

Part of the BP Portrait Award competition at the National Portrait Gallery, Eileen Hogan's 'Self-portrait in Pembroke Studios' was one of the 439 selected from 2557 entrants.