Modern Rituals is a series about Brighton, the sea, and the small but meaningful acts that make up our days. From swimming at Sea Lanes to playing basketball by the shore, or carrying a basket of vegetables down a sunny hill, these prints celebrate movement, light, and everyday life.
At the heart of the series is a love of the human figure, architecture, and Brighton itself. The city appears as a constructed view—a collage of places I’ve walked, swum past, and lived among. You’ll spot the Volks Railway, the Royal Crescent, Madeira Terrace, the i360, and even the Palace Pier, all threaded together into a single vision.
The title Modern Rituals nods to Modernism—Cézanne, Picasso, and British painters like Craxton and Piper—while also capturing Brighton’s own rhythms: sea swimming, playgrounds, allotments, and the quiet magic of ordinary days. It’s about observing, remembering, and inventing, all held together through drawing.
One of my favourites, Modern Bathers, Brighton, became the cover for the Artists Open Houses Festival 2026. And each print carries its own story: a mother and son, a friend harvesting vegetables, or two swimmers pausing before their training, all caught in the sun, and light that make Brighton what it is.
I build each image from ink drawings, piecing them together like a collage, then add colour digitally. The final works exist as digital originals, printed as limited editions on archival paper, from A0 to A4.
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Modern Bathers
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Angel Basketball
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Sunday Harvest at the Allotment
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