I’m pleased to announce I'll be exhibiting at the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, the UK’s leading event for contemporary printmaking, running from 21–24 November 2024 at Woolwich Works, The Fireworks Factory, No.1 Street, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, London, SE18 6HD.
Alongside the fair, I’ll be releasing a new limited edition print through Rhodes Editions, available exclusively at their booth (Booth 5).
SUNDAY AFTERNOON, 2024
Gicleé with Screenprinted Varnish Overlay
On Canson Rag Photographique 310 gsm Paper
Signed, Dated and Numbered in Pencil
With the Artist's and Rhodes Editions Blindstamp
74 x 102 cm
29 1/8 x 40 1/8 in
Edition of 33
£ 1,250.00
The print is inspired by Seurat’s Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte and pairs beautifully with my previous Bathers piece. Both prints share the same dimensions and present complementary male and female figures, with Sunday Afternoon focusing on the prominent female figure in the foreground. The text in this piece comes from Gertrude Stein, an American novelist who lived in Paris and was closely connected to artists like Picasso, Seurat, and Cézanne.
Stein’s stream-of-consciousness writing style, known for its lack of punctuation, is evident in the featured excerpt, where she muses on what makes a painting a painting and its relationship with its frame. Her thoughts align wonderfully with Seurat’s work, which uniquely incorporates an inverted colour frame painted within the artwork itself. This pairing also creates a literary connection with my previous Bathers print, which featured text from Hemingway—a writer heavily influenced by Stein.
The text in the piece invites the reader to either dip in at a surface level or fully immerse themselves in its playful syntax. Stein’s mention of Seurat and her consideration of the literary and visual intersections between painting and writing make this a particularly fitting collaboration for my work, which bridges art and literature.
Here’s an excerpt from Stein’s text featured in the print:
“A painting is painted as a painting, as an oil painting existing as an oil painting, it may be in or it may be out of its frame, but an oil painting and that is a real bother always will have a tendency to go back to its frame…”
To see the full piece and secure your edition:
Rhodes Editions Booth: Booth 5
Dates: 21–24 November 2024
Location: Woolwich Works, The Fireworks Factory, No.1 Street, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, London, SE18 6HD
Claim Your Free Woolwich Art Fair Day Ticket:
Click here to reserve your free day ticket to the fair, courtesy of Rhodes Editions.