Billy Childish
Sailish Fisherman, 2020
Hand-pulled lithograph in 5 colours with 11 screen-printed colours on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm paper
Signed by the artist and numbered
Signed by the artist and numbered
73 x 89 cm
Edition of 75
© Billy Childish
£ 3,000.00 inc. VAT
While the motifs of the river and boatmen are universal themes, many of Billy Childish’s paintings are connected to the locales of the Thames and Medway estuaries. The estuary has...
While the motifs of the river and boatmen are universal themes, many of Billy Childish’s paintings are connected to the locales of the Thames and Medway estuaries. The estuary has a particular resonance as a place where water (time) flows in both directions, and where eddying currents are met with stillness and relative tranquility. 'sailish fisherman' (2020) has a certain stillness too, as do the water reflections and the pose of the figure, creating a moment of calm which plays off directly against the hallucinatory palette, the dynamic composition, and the immediacy of thought and action expressed by liquid outlines and rapid mark making.
A prolific painter and printmaker, Billy Childish is known for his uninhibited, expressive imagery characterised by a resonant vitality. Free of irony or superficial novelty, his works espouse values of authenticity, spirituality, and beauty, conveying a sense of a vivid physical presence. Above all, they express Childish’s earnest engagement with life.
A prolific painter and printmaker, Billy Childish is known for his uninhibited, expressive imagery characterised by a resonant vitality. Free of irony or superficial novelty, his works espouse values of authenticity, spirituality, and beauty, conveying a sense of a vivid physical presence. Above all, they express Childish’s earnest engagement with life.