'I want my work to tell stories, stories which take place all the time and everywhere. . . . I feel it is the familiar and the everyday that reveal our complex and private relationship with the world around us.'

David Rayson (born in 1966) made his reputation with his meticulous, deadpan paintings of urban and suburban scenes, attempting to make sense of his immediate surroundings. This exhibition traces a transformation in his work. Increasingly he has become fascinated by the evidence of human narrative which emerges from the smallest changes to the familiar environment: new windows, a conservatory built on to the kitchen, a spanking new car and a gravel drive. At the same time his method of working has changed. Drawing has always been at its heart, at first as a preparation for painting, but is now taking over in its own right, replacing the long labour of painting with the apparent shorthand of bold line drawing. The exhibition includes paintings, preparatory and finished drawings.

Organised with the help of Maureen Paley Interim Art, it is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue with an introduction by Miranda Sawyer.

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Glossary

  • Drawing

    The depiction of shapes and forms on a flat surface chiefly by means of lines although colour and shading may also be included. Materials most commonly used are pencil, ink, crayon, charcoal, chalk and pastel, although other materials, including paint, can be used in combination.

  • Painting

    Work of art made with paint on a surface. Often the surface, also called a support, is a tightly stretched piece of canvas, paper or a wooden panel. Painting involves a wide range of techniques and materials, along with the artist's intellectual concerns effecting the content of a work.