This portrait of Alexandra was painted for myself after producing a commission for her family. Another pose was chosen for the commissioned portrait, but when I looked at the drawings and photographs I chose to paint this image as well as I loved the lighting and the quiet moment present in the composition.

The painting was selected for the 'Not the Turner Prize' exhibition run by the Daily Mail in 2003 to be exhibited along with other figurative artworks at the Mall Galleries, as the Daily Mail had disagreed with work chosen for the Turner Prize and the lack of figurative work at the time.