Eleven colours — the most complex and chromatically developed piece in Jonathan Lawes's catalogue at Print Club London. Each of the eleven layers must be registered precisely and pulled carefully;...
Eleven colours — the most complex and chromatically developed piece in Jonathan Lawes's catalogue at Print Club London. Each of the eleven layers must be registered precisely and pulled carefully; the accumulation of colours creating relationships that the individual palettes don't predict, the whole compositionally richer than any one colour or any fewer layers would allow.
Printed on 300gsm Somerset Satin paper with deckled edges — the organic boundary of the paper sitting in deliberate contrast to the layered precision of the printed surface. Somerset Satin holds the richness of multiple ink layers exceptionally well, giving the piece the depth that eleven colours require. Lawes graduated in Printed Textiles & Surface Pattern Design from Leeds Arts University in 2009, spent nearly a decade in Berlin absorbing Bauhaus palettes and has been based in south-east London since 2018. His influences include Matisse, Miró and Chillida. Our guide to investing in art prints is worth reading at this price point. Signed. £350.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jonathan Lawes
Jonathan Lawes graduated with a BA in Printed Textiles & Surface Pattern Design from Leeds Arts University in 2009, spent the following decade living and working in Berlin, and has been based in Peckham, south-east London since 2018. Working from a studio by the Thames, his practice centres on silkscreen printing — a process he uses organically, building bold geometric abstractions by cutting loose stencils, layering translucent pigment and hand-pulling each sheet, letting colour dictate direction. He draws from Matisse, Miró, Chillida and the Bauhaus, as well as vintage textiles and the changing light of the Thames. His work has expanded from paper onto canvas, reclaimed timber and vintage book covers, and he has collaborated with COS, The Conran Shop and Joseph Joseph. Solo exhibitions in the UK.