Title: Day Off at the Festival
Size: 59.4cm x 42cm
Medium: Photography & Mixed Collage on Board

Additional Information
"Some years ago, when still performing regularly at the Edinburgh Fringe, I was looking for an excuse to be up early in the morning which would preclude hanging about all night drinking and cavorting. The answer was inspired by an incident at the Tate Modern, when a member of staff quite rudely screamed “NO PHOTOGRAPHY!” as I was snapping a Roy Lichenstein. My response to this, was to get the iPad out and stand directly in front of the piece for an hour painstakingly making a digital drawing. This wound the bloke up no end, and I really enjoyed myself. Spending time with paintings and making observational sketches gives you a keener sense of what was involved in their creation. Thus ‘Sketch Comic’ was born. A two-hour drawing session in front of a different piece each day, where people could come and join me.  The event took place at the Fringe for three years and attracted large crowds of both onlookers and participants. I have subsequently spent countless hours at the National Gallery of Scotland at all four locations, including an unhealthy amount of time parked in front of Lady Agnew of Lochnaw by John Singer Sargent. This time being immersed in inspirational work contributed in no small part to my deciding to study at Duncan of Jordanstone in Dundee where I am currently undertaking a degree in fine art."

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