Maro Gorky, daughter of Abstract Expressionist Ashile Gorky, talks about how she was taught to paint as a child, the anger and guilt she felt over her father’s death, the influence of her tutors Jeffrey Camp and Frank Auerbach at the Slade, her move to Tuscany where she has lived a simple life for more than half a century and the way she interprets landscape with colours, shapes and symbols.

Maro Gorky talking with Bob Chaundy

Accompanying images on consideringart.com

Liv Tyler, 1995

Saskia on a Rocking Horse, 1983

Chinese Landscape, 1986

Persimmon Tree, 2010

My Father’s Birthplace, 2022

All images are © Maro Gorky

A Life Painting is showing at Long and Ryle Gallery, London until 17 May 2023

Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial