Luke with Simon the Cat and Sarah’s Mimosa Print

Print description

This print depicts the moment I asked my life model, Luke, to pose sitting on the coach. Simon the cat was nearby in the room sleeping away on a cushion. My artist friend Sarah Arnett invited my art group, Brighton Draws Men, to carry out a life drawing session in her beautiful apartment as part of the Brighton Artists Open House Festival Winter 2024.

Print details

To create this print, I start by crafting individual drawings in ink, which collectively form a collage comprising the final piece. I scan my drawings and digitally add colour. The original design solely exists in digital format, and I print it using archival inks and paper. I then release my design as a limited edition print, available in standard ‘A’ sizes, ranging from A0 (84.1 cm x 118.9 cm) to A4 (21 x 29.7 cm).

Domestic Interior and self expression

This work echoes many different sources: from Vuillard’s colourful depictions of the domestic interior. Many of which I saw at Pallant House Gallery in 2022, to the Alekos Fassianos Foundation I visited in Athens in the summer of 2023. It also draws inspiration from and exhibition in summer 2024 at Studio Voltaire in London, which featured a pairing of work by Beryl Cook and Tom of Finland. Other references are the work of the Picasso linocut ‘Still Life with Glass under the Lamp’ (1962) I saw at the British Museum during the exhibition ‘Picasso Printmaker’’ in November 2024.

Corporealism

I have been running a life drawing session in Brighton at the Sussex County Arts Club for many years; the depiction of the human form is something that fascinates me. Through these pieces, I aimed to express my own personal experiences and the environment where I live.