Performance Drawing

The way a Giant Drawing evolves and eventually comes to a conclusion is always a bit of a revelation to me. I generally start out with a rough plan of the composition and buy myself a bit of time in the early stages by working on smaller background figures, before gradually introducing medium sized people in the middle ground. When I was asked by Art In Healthcare in 2013 to produce a Giant Drawing for their contribution to The Edinburgh Art Fair I worked directly from the audience visiting the exhibiting galleries and built up a crowd scene of ever-larger figures. I had been conscious of a big gap in the middle of the composition that I resisted filling in until, having done a brief tour of the exhibits, I noticed a beautiful bronze sculpture of a woman combing her hair and thought it would be ideal for that empty central space. But then it felt as though the arrangement was unbalanced and I needed something strong and bold on the right hand side. This seem to come my way in the form of one of the organisers of the event who stood side-on in front of my own wall of framed works and helped to bring the whole drawing together in the last hour or so of the 3 day event. I've been asked to create a new Giant Drawing for this year's Edinburgh Art Fair from 18th - 20th November; this time based in the restaurant and inspired by the diners and visitors to the bar - there will be a rough plan and some use of scale to suggest depth and perspective...but I'm really looking forward to finding out how it turns out! 
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