Patrick Wray
www.patrickwray.com
I make one off pictures and occasionally expand these into
narratives by turning them into comics. I make drawings in bright
colours often using felt tips and occasionally biros. My choice of
tools is probably a pragmatism born out of being a product of
various underfunded art departments causing me to a adopt a
punk DIY ethos and aesthetic. Another reason is I like to work
quite quickly in a spontaneous manner and so the most accessible
, readily available tools are what I am drawn to.
My work is made of oblique observational, humorous in tone
pictures. A mix of pop art and surrealism; part Lichtenstein, part
Shrigley. I originally studied on an art foundation in the North of
England where I grew up, before moving to study at Dartington
College of Art which added an experimental element to my work.
As well as drawings I have also recorded a a large amount of home
made experimental pop music and recently had a musical I
composed for radio broadcast on resonance fm.