I think I represented the part in Dad that was wild and free and physical.I am sure any mother, unless she is superhuman, would have somejealousy of this father-daughter bond. It was during this time that I identified a lot with him as an artist - his way of putting medium on and nothing being static in his pictures. It was a wonderful time." There were always artists and musicians in and out the house and I would come home from school, walk into the sitting room and there would be a nude model with Dad painting her.My parents split up for a time when I was in my teens and at Camberwell art college; in fact, I saw more of my Dad then because he made a great effort to be around. He came back and forth, but he was away for long periods of time and it was hard when he came back because he was so involved with America that I felt he wasn't really with us at all. It made him very tantalising.My parents were a very glamorous and passionate couple when they were young and, as high fliers, they were swept up into an arty and creative circle Even now Dad talks about it He says, "My God, we were gorgeous.

Mum worked every day and on Mondays Dad was at home, so I'd say "I've got a headache" and he would always say "Stay at home - we'll go to the cake shop". Then we would write poems together or do my homework sitting in this peaceful room he had painted all white - it was the only calm room in the house because the rest were full of artist's colours.Dad went to work in America for a few years when I was six. They both live in London TESSANNAI didn't exactly idolise Dad when I was a little girl but there was certainly a special bond between us. She studied art at Camberwell School of Art, City and Guilds, and Goldsmiths.

She is a painter and sculptor who also designs shop windows and creates frescoes. She organised the first London Arts Auction for Aids in 1986. He was married to the artist Elizabeth Jane Lloyd and has four children, Trim, 43, Sarah Jane, 42, and Pom, 40 Tessanna, 38, is his youngest daughter. He taught at St Martin's School of Art, in Greece, and in America.