Mark Greaves

Hand of destruction

Mark Greaves talks to the artist Peter Howson about his latest commission and his demons

issue 29 January 2011

Mark Greaves talks to the artist Peter Howson about his latest commission and his demons

Peter Howson started hallucinating last summer. Lying awake at night, he saw what he describes as ‘devils, demons and goblins’. They told him there was no point in living; that he might as well do away with himself.

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