This is Project 2525

This project is a slow-burning return — 25 drawings rescued from sketchbooks that have lived on the shelf and in the margins for decades, each one a memory, idea or fragment waiting to be realised. I’m reworking them in oil, pencil, ink — whatever medium the piece needs — and committing to finish at least 25 over the next 25 years.

Why 25? Because these drawings span more than 25 years of thinking and wandering. Because pace matters; because revisiting old work with new hands and eyes often reveals something richer. Because limits create focus.

Progress so far: four pieces completed and ready to share. Each one is a conversation between then and now — the original line-work, the habits of an earlier self, and the choices of a now-seasoned maker. Expect translations that keep the original spirit but allow for the texture, depth and reconsideration that oils and refined drawing techniques bring.

Select the image below for the story from the thought that seeded the final piece of artwork.