Celia Paul’s art stems from a deep connection with subject matter and is quiet, contemplative and ultimately moving in its profound attention to detail and deeply-felt spirituality. She is renowned for her intimate depictions of people and places she knows well, especially her sister Kate – as seen in' Kate in White, Autumn 2019', 2020.

Commenting on the experience of painting Kate in her 2019 book 'Self-Portrait', Paul writes ‘My sister Kate, who is the most regular of my sitter-sisters, has written about how, when I first started to paint her, I would allow her to read a book, and that I only took the book away when I needed to paint her hands. These first paintings of Kate are wooden and the vital spark is missing. Her understanding of how important it is to give herself to the experience of sitting has made the later paintings I have done of her come alive. I have done a series of paintings of her dressed in white. I imagine them hung in a long line in a gallery space, and I imagine the strong sense of peace that emanates from them.’