In 2014 the contemporary painter George Shaw b. 1966 began a twoyear post as associate artist in the National Gallery London. This book documents his experiences there as well as the work he produced in response to the Gallerys collection. Shaw is known for his minutely detailed and luminously atmospheric depictions of the urban landscape and woodlands of central England. Painting scenes from his native region Shaw meditates on the central themes of relationships ancestry and love. His preferre