A small drawing has been selected for this years Jerwood Drawing Exhibition. The Exhibition will start on the 19th September – 28th October in the Jerwood space 171 Union Street, London SE1 0LN. Then will go to Cheltenham – Glasgow – Bristol – BayArt in Cardiff and Newcastle. The Jerwood Drawing Prize is regarded as the country’s leading award in drawing.

I have started to produce a series of small images printed onto luggage labels. The prints are boxed framed mounted on a white ground, placed off centre within the frame. The tile of this print is ‘walker’ a recurrent theme within the work. A friend recently quoted “walk and it will be solved” I’m unsure of the literary reference but it rings true. The framed prints are £265 - 1/100 including postage. e-mail to place an order.

Bound up with the process of walking and drawing are the production of small sculptures. These wall mounted carved love spoons incorporating landscapes and drawing play with ideas of identity, nature and ‘being at home’. The sculptures represent a tension and struggle between the human agent and the land.

If you are interested in purchasing drawings or sculptures contact Peter at enquiries@peterbodenham.co.uk

A constant element of Peter’s creative practice is drawing. The drawings feature figures moving through a white ground sometimes combined with objects or stylised landscapes. They suggest loose narratives and themes such as figures on the move, planting, digging. The images are reflective and intuitive expressions of thoughts and actions. The drawings could be described as simple, minimal and at times awkward. Selected drawings will be exhibited later in the year - Transitar - 11th December 2007 – 28th January 2008 Peter Bodenham - Lluis Penaranda - Juliette Murphy

www.mwldan.co.uk/gallery-pete-bodenham.htm

Peter is currently focusing upon walking within his locality, exploring the ecology and phenomenology of the land. The walks are followed by the production of reflective drawing, intuitively exploring and responding to a physical and psychological landscape.

Walk-With-Me is an on going, artist led project created and managed by Peter to inspire people to walk, record and share their thoughts, images and experiences online. www.walk-with-me.co.uk

If you are interested in reading critical texts about Peter’s work see

Jeni Williams, The wandering eye and its resting place: the work of
Pete Bodenham in Jeni Williams ed., Sideways Glances: exploring the
art of five off-centre artists in Wales, Parthian, 2005; pp.51-76

Jeni Williams, The Modern Eye Needs a Resting Place: Making a
Space for Art Outside the Metropolis in Wales issue of Journal for
the Study of British Cultures, 12:1 (2005); 67-78.