Cross a paintbrush with an adrenalin rush and you get artist Sophie Cape, pictured. A champion downhill skier until injuries forced a change of career, Cape describes her violent way with a brush as "a cathartic expulsion of energy". Her pyschological self portraits,
Cross a paintbrush with an adrenalin rush and you get artist Sophie Cape, pictured. A champion down- hill Skier until injuries forced a change of career, Cape describes her violent way with a brush as "a cathartic expulsion of energy". Her pyschological self portraits, which seek to "rip the figure and face wide open", are on display in New Work until February 27.
