PAGE 86 C M Y K DAILY MAIL WeeKEND The prized possession you value above all others… A French mahogany Art ‘I’m intrigued by evil. I’ve Deco desk I bought for £6,000 at an auction in Nice eight years ago. It’s a read several books about timeless piece that’s exquisitely made. Fred West – I’m staggered The biggest regret you wish you could amend… That I didn’t see enough of my someone can be that bad’ parents. My mum Catherine died in 2010 at 84 and my dad, William, died The unending quest that drives you last year at 86. For decades we had a on… To keep on painting. geographic separation – me in London, The poem that touches your soul… them in Scotland. But we were also A Man’s A Man For A’ That by Robert living in other worlds, so on a deeper Burns. It says that after the achievements level we never really connected. of any life a man is a man, just that. From top: The way you would spend your fantasy The misapprehension about yourself Positano in Italy, a 1959 24 hours, with no travel restrictions… you wish you could erase… That I’m a Mercedes I’d wake up in a beautiful hotel in Posi- nightmare to live with! My girlfriend 190SL, A Kind tano, Italy, with my girlfriend Siobhan. says it’s the truth, but I like to think I’m Of Loving by I’d hire a red 1959 Mercedes 190SL considerate and pretty OK. Stan Barstow, convertible and cruise north along the The event that altered the course of and a bottle of Sancerre wine coast road to Rome. We’d wander around your life and character… The day in the city, then arrive at Juan-les-Pins on 1989 when two of my paintings were the Côte d’Azur, France, for lunch. I’d accepted by the Royal Scottish Acad- have a salade Niçoise and a chilled glass emy and sold immediately. I realised I of Sancerre, then a dip in the sea and a might have a future in painting. doze on the beach. In the afternoon, I’d The crime you would commit knowing go for a walk in the stunning country- you could get away with it… I’d steal side of Fife in Scotland, which I know Francis Bacon’s Triptych, May-June well from my childhood. We’d go to Tate 1973. I love its haunting darkness. Britain in the evening to look at works The song that means most to you… by the St Ives artists and Francis Bacon. A Red, Red Rose by Burns. It tells you I’d have dinner at The Wolseley on Pic- how deep true love can go. cadilly. Recently, they’ve let me sit at The happiest moment you will cherish Lucian Freud’s old table, which is quite forever… The opening of my A Con- an honour. I’d have whitebait, followed DEFINITE trast Of Styles show in Edinburgh in by a cheeseburger – without the bun. I’d 1991. All 25 paintings sold, and sud- end the day at my London flat watching denly I had some money and a career. a DVD and smoking a cigarette – or five! The saddest time that shook your The temptation you wish you could world… The death of my father. He was resist… Smoking. I’ve been smoking a miner and there was never a person since I was 14. I’m on 30 a day now. ARTICLE prouder of what I’d achieved. No one The book that holds an everlasting We ask a celebrity a set of devilishly could step inside his house without him resonance… A Kind Of Loving by Stan showing them a picture by his lad! I’m Barstow. It’s about a lad trying to break probing questions – and only accept still coming to terms with his death. P free from his mining town in Yorkshire The unfulfilled ambition that contin- HOTO and has parallels with my own story of ues to haunt you… I’d love the French THE definitive answer. This week G moving away from Scotland. actress Catherine Deneuve to sit for RAPHS: CA The priority activity if you were the it’s best-selling artist Jack Vettriano me so I could paint her into a picture. Invisible Man for a day… I’d listen in The philosophy that underpins your me on a conversation between Andy Mur- The person who has influenced you The piece of wisdom you would pass life… Always be kind. RA PR E ray and his coach Ivan Lendl before a most… W Gordon Smith, the Scottish on to a child… Follow your dreams. The order of service at your funeral… SS/FRA major final. I’m intrigued to know art critic, playwright and TV present- The unlikely interest that engages I’d want a church service in Scotland N how he inspires Andy. er. He encouraged me at the outset of your curiosity… I’m intrigued by vio- with a reading of Burns’ Ae Fond Kiss. C E Above: Vincent The pet hate that makes your hackles my career when I was getting flak lence and evil. I’ve read several books I’d like my ashes to rest next to my par- SCO G van Gogh in a rise... Waiters who say ‘no problem’. I from other critics. He died in 1996. about Fred West because I’m stag- ents at the crematorium in Kirkcaldy. UI D self-portrait, ICI know it’s not a problem – I’m paying! The figure from history for whom gered someone can be that bad. The way you want to be remembered… N a miniature of At least I tried! I, ALA Robert Burns The film you can watch time and time you’d most like to buy a pie and a The treasured item you lost and wish M and French again… The Cook, The Thief, His Wife pint… I’d have a wild night with Vin- you could have again… A self-portrait The Plug… Jack Vettriano: A Retrospec- R Y, E actress And Her Lover by Peter Greenaway. cent van Gogh around the time he was by British artist Jenny Saville. I bought tive, Kelvingrove Gallery, Glasgow until X, Catherine Helen Mirren’s great, but Michael Gam- losing his mind, so I could try and it for £300 in 1999 and sold it later for 23 Feb. www.jackvettriano.com. n ge TTY Deneuve bon’s incredible performance steals it. understand what he was going through. £50,000. It’d be worth £100,000 now. As told to Rob McGibbon NEXT WEEK PS... l Bake Off 2012 winner Tom Hanks is at the mercy of Somali pirates as Captain Phillips – in John Whaite on this year’s big l cinemas Friday. Book for the Glyndebourne Tour, which is taking final Grow scrumptious pears with Monty Don three new opera productions round the country. And Sir Paul l Jamie Oliver’s delicious chocolate treats l PLUS McCartney’s first solo album for six years, New, is out Monday Britain’s best TV listings 86 weekend DAILY MAIL WEEKEND IS PUBLISHed BY ASSOCIATed NewSPAPERS LTD. PRINTed BY THE POLESTAR GROUP. RegISTERed AS A newSPAPER AT THE POST OFFICE. © ASSOCIATed NewSPAPERS LIMITed 2013. National 12 OCTOBER.