Tai-Shan Schierenberg is the artist commissioned by Queen's University to paint the new portrait of Seamus Heaney which will be unveiled on February 3.

Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) by Tai Shan Schierenberg, 2004 Queen's University Belfast Art Collection ...

His works hang in the National Portrait Gallery and notable sitters include the Queen with Prince Philip, Seamus Heaney and Stephen Hawking. Producer: Clare Walker.

Home from a stimulating long weekend in London, where bookish things included seeking out the scribes at the National Portrait Gallery (I was particularly taken with Tai-Shan Schierenberg’s ...