

In conversation with Sam Dalby
In the process of becoming and being an artist, you spend a lot of time visiting galleries, looking at art books, and seeing what artists are up to on social media. You do this to learn, gain appreciation and inspiration, and also to enjoy feelings of debilitating unworthiness. And by enjoy I mean the kind of pleasure one gets from wiggling a loose tooth - unpleasantly painful yet strangely compelling. Recently I was on Twitter avoiding my paintings because I'm struggling wit