Chalk Horse

The hillside carvings of white horses in Wiltshire and Berkshire are ancient drawings that have undergone change. Through neglect and re-cutting, restoration and changing aesthetic preferences they have arrived at their current forms. By now they are emblems, icons or logos. I see them as a Wiltshire equivalent to the Spanish, ‘Osbourne‘ black bulls; advertising hoardings that have survived regulation against roadside distractions and are now considered artworks and emblems of Spain.

My drawings of the horses are concerned with how and when they were cut and how we see them distorted bt the oblique angles from which they are usually viewed