Painting Chicago - ACE122.2

Caption: "Craigie Aitchison lives and works in Kennington, South London. The film begins as he starts work on a new portrait of David Smith, who was in his youth a boxer called The Chicago Kid." Inside Craigie Aitchison’s studio. Paintings. David Smith climbing the stairs to the flat. Paintings. Aitchison’s VO talking about his association with Smith. Aitchison stapling different colour hangings to the wall behind Smith. Aitchison talking about the process of portrait painting. Painting. Smith and Aitchison talk to each other as the painter works. Aitchison pulling out paintings to show Myles Murphy. Painting Smith; Aitchison’s VO talking about why he likes painting "coloured" people; portraits. He talks about painting the 90-year-old Smith, different to other models, and looking different each of the four times he painted him – three portraits.