Footballer Iya Traore Paris busker portrait STHGrey When I was finishing my

When I was finishing my Portraiture Diploma at Heatherleys in 2012 I had an unusual request from my former Sky News colleague and military historian Rob Kirk

a British Royal Engineer

I watched The Blarneys wow the crowd at the Leigh on sea folk festival on The Crooked Billet stage against a backdrop of sea and sky

this artwork fits a Ribba 50x70 frame

When I first saw Deborah I felt I was looking at a wounded animal

Footballer Iya Traore Paris busker portrait STHGrey When I was finishing myIya Traore is a Guinean footballer and freestyler who has been featured in Guinness World records three times. Based in Paris, he features on TV, music videos and commercials. Here I've portrayed him outside the Sacre Coeur in Montmartre, where he performed his amazing routine of ball control, which involves climbing the lamppost at his side. Pencil on paper. Unframed. Rolled in tube for posting. 59. 4 x 42 x 0. 05cm (23. 4 x 33. 1 x 0. 01 inches).