Paul has spent nearly fifty years painting her family, her lovers, and herself in a single apartment. Each portrait reveals ...

I tend to like memoirs by visual artists: Celia Paul’s Self-Portrait and Sally Mann’s Hold Still come to mind. I also love Ruth Reichl’s memoirs about her life as an eater and food critic.

Celia Paul is a British artist known for her impressionistic work and intimate depictions of people and places. "Throughout all her work the sense of sight is associated with a world of potential, ...