This ink drawing hangs in our study and arrived as a gift to my partner from the artist Clive Hicks-Jenkins. Apologies to Clive if this work was never intended for public display (i understand it was a preparatory drawing for a collaboration with the Old Stile Press on a book of Richard Barnfield's poetry), but I just had to show it. It is so wonderfully composed: powerful and yet sensuous, subtle but at the same time very direct. I can safely say that this work of art has the biggest pride of place in our flat.
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A friend idly googling came across this image and e-mailed me. No, of course I don't mind that it's on show. Nice to see it again, especially now it's been so thoughtfully framed. And thank you for the kind words about the drawing. I'm currently working on another Old Stile Press book, and this image from The Affectionate Shepherd is s a nice reminder of my first big project with Nicolas and Frances. At the time I thought I was making a terrible hash of the Barnfield... I recall endlessly worrying over the images, making dozens of versions of every single one of them... but at this distance, it's heartening to see that the drawings looked pretty effortless. They didn't feel it at the time!
All the best,
Clive H-J
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