About Flow

Drawing Flow was a breakthrough moment for me. It was the first piece that spoke directly to the idea of drawing glass, using translucent glazes, and layers of transparencies, that in some way capture the excitement of seeing a great piece of studio glass, or contemporary stained glass, in an environment where light plays across and through the surfaces.

The idea of trying to catch some of that light and drama in a piece for the wall has been something I’ve been trying to achieve ever since. It comes down to the way the colours are lit, the use of shadow and highlight, and of course the metallic base paper and plexiglass I use to help bounce light back into the room.

Flow takes the smallest of glass objects, a child’s marble, and blows it up, with repetition, to make a kind of glazed Op piece that I hope captures a singular lyrical movement as it rises from left to right across the image, twisting and deforming as it does so. Initially, I made the silver base and deep base versions, swiftly followed by the triptych, silvered and black variants.

It’s become a series that I keep returning to, almost like the shuffle play on Spotify that keeps coming back to the original artist choice every fifth play.

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I exhibited my original Flow drawings at Transistor at the Southbank in 2007. During the run, a collector asked if I would create three new variations of the drawing, in candy colours, to work as a kind of triptych, designed to run the full length of their front entrance hall.

As a result I made the rubine, cadmium and cerulean variations shown here, each at the same size, 66cm H x 90cm W, to make a 3 part work that would be installed at around 300cm in length.

The triptych is available either as a set of three works, or individually, from a total edition of 8.

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Link here to view Transistor at the Southbank ⟶

 

Flow in situ

 

Price and dimensions

Flow / triptych is a set of 3 metallic Lambda photographic prints, optionally mounted to Plexiglass and Dibond, and fitted with a hidden subframe, ready to install. The editions may also be fitted with bespoke, laser cut, Opal 30 Perspex frames.

Work can be supplied unmounted and ready to frame if you’d prefer.

The works are individually signed and numbered verso, with both a unique catalogue raisonné number and the edition number for guaranteed authenticity.

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From an edition of 8
Image size 66cm H x 90cm W
Artwork only, ready to frame £1,800 each
Mounted behind Plexiglass and fitted with a hidden subframe £2,200 each
Mounted behind Plexiglass and fitted with a laser cut Perspex frame £2,400 each

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Dimensions and framing specs can be varied on request, to suit your space.
Please do get in touch here if you’d like to discuss possibilities ⟶

 
 

Associated works

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Flow / SQ / cerulean silvered

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Halcyon / cerulean glaze