Rhino, 2024

‘Rhino’ is a single piece of hand cut watercolour paper painted with acrylic paint. The work is mounted on a birch panel with archival glue. It’s amazing to me how well the mass and fortitude of this powerful creature can be shown using the frail...

‘Rhino’ is a single piece of hand cut watercolour paper painted with acrylic paint. The work is mounted on a birch panel with archival glue. It’s amazing to me how well the mass and fortitude of this powerful creature can be shown using the frail medium of paper. The mottling of the skin has been caught really realistically by the paint, and though he is still on the panel, there is a strong sense of movement, a striding, in the work.