"He just asked me at the end of last year if I would consider sitting for him to paint me and I couldn't say yes quick enough. I sat for two days in December in his studio in London. There was music on the whole time, it was a collection of French jazz and classical, and it was just fascinating."
"We normally sit and have supper and have a chat, but as soon as I sat down his assistant told me it was important I didn't speak, so, of course I obliged and didn't say a word. Apart from the music, it is complete dead silence the whole time, he doesn't want to speak while he's painting."
Jack Lupton, an optometrist and glasses-maker from Malvern, Worcestershire, now based in London, was commissioned by world-renowned artist David Hockney to sit for a portrait. Lupton, who regularly makes glasses for Hockney every few months, was asked to sit for the painting in December. The experience took place in Hockney's London studio over two days, with French jazz and classical music playing throughout. Lupton maintained complete silence during the sessions, as Hockney prefers total quiet while painting. The resulting portrait is currently exhibited at Serpentine Gallery as part of the David Hockney: A Year in Normandie and Some Other Thoughts about Painting exhibition, running until August 23. Lupton describes himself as among the last 20 UK-based spectacle makers.
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