Art vs. Idea

I met Grayson Perry at an event once. When he was asked what is art? He responded by saying that Art is stuff made to hang on rich people’s walls…

Personally, I think I’ve had to unlearn the classroom concept of art that I picked up at school. Whatever I created had to be a true representation of the thing I was trying to capture, which is essentially an impossible task for adult and child alike.

For a long time now, my focus has been the idea. I think on paper with a black pen. The art bit – making it pop – comes second. I don’t want the complication of a colour palette until the end of the process.

This illustration was created for my workshop on Visual Thinking.