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‘Is there an afterlife? My paintings will experience that for me’ – Ian Humphreys, artist

The British-born painter on the best advice he ever got, his ideal dinner party guests, and his favourite achievement to date

Ian Humphreys: ‘I’m my own biggest critic.’ Picture: Geoff Greenham

Ian Humphreys has a single-minded attitude to his work, a trait that’s easily discernible from his response to officialdom many years ago when he was asked to occupy an office for the purposes of teaching in art colleges in England. “They told me I had to have a computer and an office, so I stopped teaching and moved to Ireland to paint full-time,” he says.

The Hertfordshire-born artist’s forthcoming exhibition at Kenmare Butter Market from ...