Did she request certain colours and canvases of a specific size or did she work mainly for commission?
CHRISTOPHER HODGES: Yes, no and yes. If you recall the picture of the Alhalkere suite, I discussed it with Emily and said, ‘We could do maybe lots of little things that can make one big thing.’ She said, ‘Yes, that’s good.’ And then she said, ‘Paint it yellow. I want it all painted yellow.’ So Rodney mixed up this paint and painted it all yellow for her, and when it was finished you can’t see any yellow, there are only tiny bits of yellow. Once I asked her specifically could she think about doing – I never tell artists what to do, but there was a commission that was coming through and I said, ‘Could we think about doing this picture’ and discussed the colours and things. I even brought a big box of colours and said, ‘These sorts of colours?’ She said, ‘Yeah’. The picture ended up being completely different from the box of colours that were there. She hadn’t even used the colours that were in the box. She was really independent, and at times she would want lots of colours. Lots of artis
