Work from home - drawings made during lockdown

March 2020

Keywords: drawing • painting • work from home • lockdown

Work from home series

All watercolour and Ink. Sizes A4 and A3

These works are about the relationship between people and their workplace. They document the visual culture of infrastructure, and the way mobile equipment and PPE is left to rest within it.
Fleeting moments of rest for the ambulatory elements of an industrial environment are solidified by gentle water-based observations. Humorous and poetic compositions are formed when the handling of tools and apparatus seems to be at its most incidental to the wider manufacturing task at hand. This is contradicted by the recording of moments of total intent and necessity, in the perfect stacking of pallets and storage of items in designated areas. The works create a rare moment of peace and simplicity within in a complex and continuous system.

View the whole series at: https://www.nicolaellisandritherdon.com/storage/view/media/motor-small-jpg