'Survivor'
Original A2 420 x 594mm Pencil Drawing
‘I started the drawing in 2018 for an exhibition local to the prison I was in. The exhibition was cancelled so I lost interest in completing the drawing. I posted the unfinished drawing out to my temporary address prior to my release but I never intended to finish it.
Recently, I was about to tear the picture up because it was only in its initial stage – leaving a mountain of drawing still to do. As I looked at the picture again, I saw a faint impression of a horse, its sad eye seemed to be asking to be saved. It worked!
Slowly, bit by bit, I drew more of the horse, and I started to enjoy the picture again. I'd lost my original reference material so I had to use artistic licence to complete the drawing.
I’ve called it ‘Survivor’ because it’s a horse that very nearly wasn’t. I’ve watched it grow into the beautiful horse it now is and I hope it can find a new home in which to live-out its retirement.
Sometimes, when a drawing doesn’t ‘talk’ to me and I lose interest, it can be difficult to get the ‘spark’ back enough to finish the drawing.’
Original A2 420 x 594mm Pencil Drawing
‘I started the drawing in 2018 for an exhibition local to the prison I was in. The exhibition was cancelled so I lost interest in completing the drawing. I posted the unfinished drawing out to my temporary address prior to my release but I never intended to finish it.
Recently, I was about to tear the picture up because it was only in its initial stage – leaving a mountain of drawing still to do. As I looked at the picture again, I saw a faint impression of a horse, its sad eye seemed to be asking to be saved. It worked!
Slowly, bit by bit, I drew more of the horse, and I started to enjoy the picture again. I'd lost my original reference material so I had to use artistic licence to complete the drawing.
I’ve called it ‘Survivor’ because it’s a horse that very nearly wasn’t. I’ve watched it grow into the beautiful horse it now is and I hope it can find a new home in which to live-out its retirement.
Sometimes, when a drawing doesn’t ‘talk’ to me and I lose interest, it can be difficult to get the ‘spark’ back enough to finish the drawing.’
Original A2 420 x 594mm Pencil Drawing
‘I started the drawing in 2018 for an exhibition local to the prison I was in. The exhibition was cancelled so I lost interest in completing the drawing. I posted the unfinished drawing out to my temporary address prior to my release but I never intended to finish it.
Recently, I was about to tear the picture up because it was only in its initial stage – leaving a mountain of drawing still to do. As I looked at the picture again, I saw a faint impression of a horse, its sad eye seemed to be asking to be saved. It worked!
Slowly, bit by bit, I drew more of the horse, and I started to enjoy the picture again. I'd lost my original reference material so I had to use artistic licence to complete the drawing.
I’ve called it ‘Survivor’ because it’s a horse that very nearly wasn’t. I’ve watched it grow into the beautiful horse it now is and I hope it can find a new home in which to live-out its retirement.
Sometimes, when a drawing doesn’t ‘talk’ to me and I lose interest, it can be difficult to get the ‘spark’ back enough to finish the drawing.’