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| 1990's The 1989 Laing exhibition was a pivotal point into abstract art and Robert Clark of the Guardian was commissioned to write a review of Duffy's work to date. By 1990 he had developed a unique painting surface that transformed his way of painting and brought him immediate recognition and success through a number of London galleries and the Contemporary Art Society. Following this he exhibited in the Hunting/Observer Prize in London and Paris, and the John Moores Liverpool. A work is used for the cover of a Chopin CD. The "Black Square" performance development project began. In 92 he was awarded a British Council fine art fellowship in Budapest and in the same year he left Education and then Arena Studios "to fully concentrate on painting". In 1993 he begins to write a series of poems or Text Works and one is published. He exhibited at the Merkmal Gallery in Liverpool and has the Guardian "exhibition of the week". In 95 he began the "Poppy field" project and makes reference to RS Thomas poetry. In 97 he exhibited at the New Millennium Gallery in St Ives Cornwall and in the same year is commissioned to restore the John Lennon/Stuart Sutcliffe murals. In 98 he undertakes a major Lottery funded glass commission and produced what is possibly the largest glass commission in the UK. 1998 saw the beginnings of the "Inversion project" with Tim Collier, and also the "RS Thomas Triptych"
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