#60: Releasing the Prints
Over the past few weeks I’ve started releasing a small collection of fine art prints based on recent drawings and paintings. In this post I reflect on the process of turning original works into carefully produced limited editions, and how that changes the relationship between the artwork, the studio, and the people who collect it.
#57: Sketching in Oil Pastel
Recently I’ve started experimenting with oil pastels as a sketching medium. They’ve allowed me to explore colour, gesture, and ideas much more quickly than my usual painting process. In this post I reflect on how this simple shift in materials is opening up new ways of thinking in the studio.
#56: Three Portraits, One Submission
After weeks in the studio refining and reworking three very different portraits, I’ve finally submitted my entry for Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year. Each piece represents a different aspect of my practice right now — from the expressive colour of What I was and what I’ve become, to the vertigo-inspired …and the world keeps on spinning, and a monochrome portrait of Olivia Colman that returns to the foundations of my work.