Paul Harbutt is a Claverack-based British painter with remarkable virtuosity and an international reputation. His most recent project, executed over some three years, is a series of 50+ paintings that document the family history of a pioneer settler in Papua New Guinea, who went on to make a fortune. The entire work, embracing a vast range of styles and references, is collected in a soon-to-be-published large-format catalogue to which John Isaacs contributed two extended essays – one on the family, and one on Harbutt – as well as the book design.