To others they may well have just been kids creating havoc and running amok in their childhood neighbourhood, but in their vivid imaginations they were Dorothy, The Tin Man, the cowardly Lion and the Scarecrow; chasing their dreams across this very illustrative and retro-tastic graphic landscape as painted by one of the UK’s leading exponents in his chosen contemporary figurative art field. Which serves as an integral one-sixth of Davison’s all-new Spring 2014 collection just launched.
The hugely popular Craig Davison’s brand new release, entitled ‘Because, Because, Because, Because, BE-CAUSE!’ is an artist-signed limited edition study, which pictorially re-enacts a typical episode from his wife’s youth, and something of a departure for the artist who more normally affords us an insight into his own movie and book inspiration-fuelled childhood. Another new element is Davison’s adoption of a more ‘Technicolour’ look and feel than the habitual all-over brown by applying additional colouration in the background and subsequent shadows as a timely nod to the historically vibrantly-imagined Emerald City and yellow brick road.