Commission for a house in Bristol
There's often a serendipitous aspect to the work I make, that can manifest in really unexpected ways. So it was with this lovely opportunity to produce three bespoke works for a spectacular home here in Bristol.
I was invited round to view the project, maybe halfway into what was clearly a major refurbishment, involving a significant new build extension that was being grafted onto the body of a substantial Edwardian home.
The client wanted to discuss ideas for three new artworks that would be specifically tailored to fit particular rooms really well.
The minute I walked into the double height atrium at the front of the house, I knew that there would be a fabulous opportunity to create an ultra tall piece that would span both levels, creating views from both the glazed upper walkway, and the entrance hall on the ground floor.
Psyche D / EvH, commission for a house in Bristol
I drew Psyche D / EvH (event horizon) in 2017, as part of my Current at Catto show. It’s a wildly complex drawing, that freewheeled out of control as it went on.
In its initial incarnation, it was conceived as a kind of giant psychedelic Krispy Kreme doughnut, with a petal like structure containing a wholly fluid series of line drawings, that bubble and move like a 60’s oil light show, in a kind of camomile pink colour.
Looking back from this distance it was either insane or brilliantly exuberant. I’m not sure which.
Psyche / D, Jan 2017
Thought I’d post two variants of a new drawing I’ve been working on, entitled Psyche / D. I’ve been going for a kind of millefiori glass thing recently, perhaps the best way to think of it is as if Takashei Murakami had grown up in Murano, or if Lino Tagliapietra had spent the summer of ’67 in San Francisco. That’s the kind of the energy I’m trying to channel here…