11.05.2010

1. Graham Percy's house was an assemblage of objects.  Although his art is full of fantasy, Percy drew almost exclusively from life, making collages in his head which he translated to paper.  One example shows a fantastical hot-air balloon out of a window in Crear - the window frame shows high detail and features a realistic tap faucet in the frame.  Several of his works reveal the same toy being illustrated again and again, placed within new settings.  The original items can be found throughout his house, and images and films from his house are to feature in the exhibition as part of Percy's conversation with his work.
2. Also documenting Percy's rich references which colour his work, Greg O'Brien intends to include a full list of the books in Percy's house in his biography.  These will be the only works he includes as reference material for the book.
3. Graham Percy was colour-blind.  This was quite a secret during his life, and must have been a constant struggle.  He arranged his studio in such a way that his pencils and inks were labeled according to colour, and he largely used colour in a studied way.  This may explain why so much of the work he did for himself was in black and white.