This collaborative piece started with a photographic portrait taken by Boll at Graville’s Brighton studio. Overlayed with a 95% white layer in post-production, Boll created a subtle photographic print featuring a faint image upon which Graville then applied paint. The final portrait echoes the subtle aesthetics of Graville’s own paintings.

Richard Graville is a British artist. His paintings, executed using a mixture of matt and high gloss paints, depict abstract forms infused with emphatic, sign-like qualities. He has developed his oeuvre by analysing the secret codes of animal colouration. The paintings combine strategies animals use to warn and deceive their adversaries while simultaneously seducing a mate. He isolates these codes to meditate on how our feelings of the sublime arise from our biological roots.

The following editioned prints of this photograph are available in Fuji Crystal lustre archival quality paper. Each print is personally checked for quality, signed, dated, and includes a signed certificate of authenticity.

10x10” Prints, edition of 50: £90 (exc. VAT)
20x20” Prints, edition of 20: £275 (exc. VAT)

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