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Time youre going to see them before they go down there. so its quite obvious to make a drawing. but its not necessarily a time or a moment where... ..where you feel like working, cos it is sort of work as well as an act of love. but its the last time you see the person and this whole thing about death, i mean, if you love someone, they... for anyone, they go on being alive inside you, dont they? tell me about the shift from being a pure painter to then embracing sculpture as well. why did you mo...

Finished yet, but theyre part of the ice cap melting. yeah, yeah. we are destroying everything, arent we? do you really... ? do you feel it that bad? yes, i feel it. i feel it in my bones. and so when you called part of the series the edge, you feel that we are how close to that edge? well, maybe not in my lifetime, but, i mean, are your grandchildren�*s grandchildren ever going to see a tiger? i mean, and the rest of it. er, we are doing our best to make a hash of everything, it seems. let me...

And youve always said that painting for you was about truth and it was about honesty. so im wondering whether actually turning to painting and giving yourself to painting was your way of getting to a truth that wasnt really there in your family life? thats absolutely right. yes. my bedroom became my studio and i tried to get at the truth because the rest of life was more like a sort of charade, really. and the undercurrents that were going on, never spoken about. and then... yeah. so im just... ...

A little bit. you grew up in suffolk, so in a sense, youve come home. yeah. youre werent. .. i was going to say you werent from an artistic family, but it turns out you were, but your father actually proved to be a very talented painter. but when you were a girl and when you were first introduced to painting, you had no idea your dad was actually quite gifted. no. well, it all started at school when i was 1a and there was an art exam and i did nothing but flick painted people and generally draw ...

Coffin. when somebody is lying in the coffin, my mother, my father, it is the last time youre going to see them before they go down there so it is obvious to make a drawing. but it is not necessarily a time where you feel like working? it is a sort of work as well as an act of love?— act of love? well, it is the last time _ act of love? well, it is the last time you _ act of love? well, it is the last time you see - act of love? well, it is the last time you see the i act of love? well, it is ...

Im not at the end of my career! do you mind? im very young. no, youre very young, and youre still extremely active and youre still very busy, but, i mean, youre an experienced painter now with insight into yourself and theres your father. and im just wondering whether, in retrospect, as you discovered that he actually had a real painting talent, you came to know him through art in a way that you hadnt...? yes, yes, youre absolutely right. i mean, he was always behind the daily telegraph and a ve...

Were, yourfamily family but it turns out you were, your family actually proved to be a very talented painter but when you were a girl at first introduced to painting, no idea your dad was quite gifted?— quite gifted? no, it all started _ quite gifted? no, it all started at _ quite gifted? no, it all started at school- quite gifted? no, it all started at school when quite gifted? no, it all. started at school when i quite gifted? no, it all- started at school when i was 14 started at school whe...

In death, too. yes. george melly always said id go down in art history as maggi "coffin" hambling. but its quite obvious. i mean, i dont know why people are surprised, because when somebody is lying in the coffin, like my mother or my father, its the last time youre going to see them before they go down there. so, its quite obvious to make a drawing. but its not necessarily a time or a moment where... ..where you feel like working, cos it is sort of work as well as an act of love. but its the la...

So its quite obvious to make a drawing. but its not necessarily a time or a moment where... ..where you feel like working, cos it is sort of work as well as an act of love. but its the last time you see the person and this whole thing about death, i mean, if you love someone, they... for anyone, they go on being alive inside you, dont they? tell me about the shift from being a pure painter to then embracing sculpture as well. why did you move in that direction? well, i was painting a painting wh...

Honesty so i am wondering whether actually turning to painting and giving yourself to painting and giving yourself to painting is your bait im getting to the truth that wasnt really there in your family? wasnt really there in your famil ? ., , wasnt really there in your famil ? . , , family? that is absolutely ri . ht. family? that is absolutely ritht. i family? that is absolutely right. i bedroom - family? that is absolutely right. i bedroom becamel family? that is absolutely i right. i bedroom...