My tapestry, Large Expensive Abstract Painting, was inspired by an actual visit to an art collector’s house in San Francisco. Centre stage he had one of Gerhard Richter’s squeegee paintings. I am not a huge fan of Richter’s signature abstracts but on closer inspection I saw that this example was actually a tapestry copy. The material transformation from rapid and gestural paint to painstaking precise weaving I found enchanting and I stored the observation away for the right occasion. Large Expensive Abstract Painting is a computer-controlled weaving that virtually mimics the hands-on process of the sticky, smelly painter. The “base” is a collage of traditional fabrics from around the world. On top of this I have digitally “splodged” the oh-so-expressive “paint”. Over that, I have laid a schematic map of London, spiritual home to so many of the world’s super rich. Finally, I “pasted” a series of labels, hinting perhaps at some of the social forces, tastes and codes that might lead to someone understanding elite university, desiring, unregulated market, buying, rent-seeker, and displaying, super cars, a Large Expensive Abstract Painting.