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Victor Stuart Graham creates driftwood boats and endless rows of meticulously detaled terraced houses made from selected off-cuts of ash. That´s how he tells us amazing messages from the seaside, like a poet but using colours and forms instead of words. »more…

     
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Victor Stuart Graham trained as a graphic designer, and followed this with an MA at the Royal College in textiles. Since then his work has taken many diverse forms, from teaching to painting municipal railings. He worked as knitwear designer before producing house portraits in needlepoint. While looking for suitable wood to frame them, he found pieces of driftwood crying out for "their inner boat to be relased." Although he still knits, he  is now principally known for his driftwood boats.
He collects selected pieces of driftwood which have an inherent boat shape trapped within their form. All he has to do is to release and enhance the boat.
He uses soft worn woods lightly decorated in subtle reds, blues and greens to create the effect of trawlers and little pleasure boats. They are not remotely naturalistic, but often carry tiny details?metal anchors and portholes, messages coded in seafaring flags.
He has recently taken to making houses. Like something from the north Cornish coast, they rest in craggy lines, nestled into larger pieces of wood.

Prices - there will be new liners end of May 2009

"Harbour Scene"
ca. 39 x 11 cm, 4,5 cm tief 210,00 €

No.2 "Nature Distressed Tank"
ca. 39 x 36 cm 150,00 €

No.4 "Yellow Blue Liner" sold
ca. 26 x 16 cm 88,00 €

No.5 "Blue Red Liner"  sold
ca. 27 x 17 cm, 88,00 €

No.7 "Dark blue Red Liner" sold
ca. 40 x 22 cm, 128,00 €

No.9 "Grey Blackblue Liner" sold
ca. 37 x 22 cm, 128,00 €

No.10 "Red Light Grey Liner" sold
ca. 39 x 30 cm, 148,00 €

No.11 "Grey Black Liner" sold
ca. 43 x 28 cm, 148,00 €

No.12 "Light Blue Red Liner" sold
ca. 47 x 33 cm, 158,00 €

No.15 "Distressed Black Yacht"
ca. 19 x 18 cm 48,00 €

No.16 "Distressed Royal Blue Yacht" sold
ca. 21 x 16 cm 48,00 €

No.17 "Distressed Green Yacht" sold
ca. 24 x 19 cm 48,00 €

No.18 "Distressed Black Large Yacht
ca. 42 x 24 cm 150,00 €

No.20 "Very Small Liner"
ca. 16 x 10 cm, 59,00 € sold

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