Artwork description:

If you didn't know it, Tan is the Welsh word for fire, and if anyone can wield a name like that, it's this preacher man with his hellfire sermons and magical presence. When he spreads the word, everyone stops to listen. But where did this enigmatic character come from?

I have to thank a good friend and business partner for him. He came up with the character for a film that we hoped to make, but never did. He graciously let me use the name and come up with my own vision for Mr Tan.

And he's well travelled, making it all the way to the galleries of the Royal Academy when the original piece was D listed for the Summer Exhibition in 2019. He made it in to the gallery, but didn't quite make it to the wall. Just as well, he may have converted a few people passing him by...

This is a mixed media piece consisting of giclée print on heavyweight matte 308gsm Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper, which has then been painted over with watercolours and pencils. Supplied framed and ready to hang.

Materials used:

Giclée inks, watercolours, old photos.

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