Paul Westcombe
Wherever he is and whatever is to hand, Paul Westcombe will draw on it!
- Paul colonises places with his drawings of weird and tortured imagery, with scenes replaying themselves out on and around different surfaces, often starting on everyday paraphernalia more commonly thrown away.
- Boredom has fuelled his output.
- His composite drawings were made out of frustration at having to stand for long periods of time, folded up to enable working on a large scale drawing, while being discreet.
- He tries to make each drawing last as long as possible (limited material to draw on).
- As his work can take a long time – an exhibition such as at The Jerwood Space (http://www.paulwestcombe.com/installation_4_jerwood.html) he made works to fit using paper, which was then glued to the wall for quick installation.
- Faced with a white space problem, his solution is to throw coffee at it!
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