» Romany Mark Bruce interview
His artwork has been described as ‘troubled’ and ‘dark’ but Romany Mark Bruce is far from that, as Paul Disney discovered
Describe yourself
Describe myself? I’m passionate about what I do. I guess you could say I’m a compulsive obsessive when it comes to art. Art can take over from everything else.
Why Brighton and Hove?
Well I don’t want to say the obvious things such as the sea and the South Downs. What I would definitely say is the quality of life here compared to somewhere such as London for example, is so much better.
You studied law and qualified in 1985 at the University of Leicester, why live the life of an artist?
Well, I went to a rather academic grammar school in Lisburn near Belfast in Northern Ireland. I used to argue so much with the teachers there that they pointed out to me I should be in a law firm and I wasn’t ‘stupid enough’ to study art.
Pride festival will hold its annual general meeting later this month. It will be the first such meeting for Lesley Burn, who took over as director of Pride (South East) Ltd in February just in time for Winter Pride. She is now preparing for the week-long summer festival, which will run this year from Sunday 26 July to Sunday 3 August.
