Let's Go For Coffee

This original painting made in 2020 before the second lockdown. “I visited Bristol from the Essex countryside and a group of friends took me out for a very delicious coffee. I remember the overwhelming sensation of having been away from friends, and people for that matter, for a long time. And the feeling of now being surrounded by them. This was my first experience of a city in six months so I was acutely aware of the noise and the energy and people’s expressions and the beauty in their faces when they spoke. This was the picture that I made after that trip.”

The painting uses mixed media to overlap colours and shapes. The patch of blue and green feel very much like a Summer’s day. The overlapping faces and shapes are the movement and joy of speaking and getting lost in a conversation. The title comes from a conversation Joe once overheard at a party.

This painting is framed in a box frame and is floated on a mount. This shows off the irregular shape of the paper which is cut by hand by Joe, sliced from a larger piece of paper, when he feels the picture is finished. The frame itself is white washed soft wood made by Andy Brooks a brilliant local framer. Including the frame the picture measures in at approximately 90cm wide, 100cm tall and 6cm deep.

To see this painting in the flesh head to COR in Bristol.

Any questions or further information, feel free to send Joe an email. His details can be found on his contact page.