Peter Howson (b. 1958)

Peter Howson was commissioned to design costumes and stage sets for the Scottish Opera production of Don Giovanni which was staged in 1995. The present painting is part of a series painted as a response to that experience, and exhibited to commemorate the commission in Glasgow. In an interview at the time with the The Herald, Howson comments: "Everything to do with Don Giovanni is curvaceous and sexy. The rest is sharp, pointed, and angular. I've kept the colour scheme very simple: rich scarlet, vermilion, and cherry red for Don Giovanni's territory: his bedroom, ballroom, the wedding-party scenes, and for hell.."