A certain violence in the attack. As if there is blood on the canvas, literally. And because Bradford has lived through a pandemic before, this painting also references the AIDS epidemic which ...

His medium of choice is, naturally, animal blood on canvas. He gets cringes from some when he talks about making his paintings. "Some people are like, 'Hey, I don't even want to look at it,' but ...

Its terrible, rage-filled, blood-spattered pages are an awful memory ... rivers of colour running down the canvas, and his nerve-cell-like central focus. But Hoyland insists that the piece is ...

Using blood taken from his own veins, the 52-year old produces canvas paintings that have drawn both praise and criticism because of his unusual choice of medium. Sign up here. Born in a low ...