Bored Guards is a new series of paintings devoted to the unsung heroes of the art world: the gallery guards who spend their working lives sitting beside masterpieces while the rest of us hand over our money for the privilege of looking at them.

The idea began after years of visiting galleries and exhibitions and wondering about the people in the chairs. What must it be like to have this job?

Imagine being paid to spend eight hours a day with Picasso, Rothko, Warhol and Hockney.

Meanwhile, outside, someone has paid £18.50, travelled for two hours, queued for forty minutes and bought a tote bag just to spend six minutes looking at a painting before being gently herded towards the exit.

And there, in the corner:

Gary. Asleep.