Chantal Joffe has already been working in her studio for an hour or so when she answers the phone to me at 10am. Since the birth of her daughter Esme, Joffe explains that she's 'been strict about making art during school hours'.
All artists and writers know the importance of protecting creative time; Joffe tells me that Susan Sontag had a Post-it Note stuck to her fridge which read, simply, 'No'.
Image: Chantal Joffe, Me and Esme in the Garden, 2020
Oil on canvas
80 x 60 cm
31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in
31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in
© Chantal Joffe
Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro
October 21 2020
