Drawing from life. For life.

Drawing is an alchemic language. My emotions force the drawing out of my hand—this explains why so many of my drawings are repeated images. It’s not because I draw the same thing, but the same moment wants to be redrawn. And that’s the beautiful thing about drawing: it’s intimate, like handwriting, and the dialogue is between the paper and me.
Tracey Emin

Because you Left – I Held on, 2024. Acrylic on lithographic background, Somerset Velvet Warm White Paper 400gsm, 65 x 83.8cm.
Tracey Emin
From Antony Gormley to Tracey Emin – 50 leading artists & alumni celebrate our 25th birthday.
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Cut Trees - Timber
David Hockney

King in the Arena
Denzil Forrester
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Bullet Drawing
Cornelia Parker

Kate number one
Rufus Wainwright

Redraw the Edges of Yourself
Es Devlin

Primordial Landscape
Catherine Goodman

Cut Trees - Timber
David Hockney

King in the Arena
Denzil Forrester
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Bullet Drawing
Cornelia Parker

Kate number one
Rufus Wainwright

Redraw the Edges of Yourself
Es Devlin

Primordial Landscape
Catherine Goodman
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