Pat Thomas worked on many editorial briefs with fast turnarounds and low budgets, producing ink drawings with digital colouring and feeling disenfranchised by constant screen work. A weekend drawing from family photos with childhood crayons unlocked catharsis and nostalgia, reconnecting him with domestic objects and memories. In Room Tour, he focuses on objects, clothes and patterns, infusing them with new meanings through warm, kaleidoscopic, and surreal compositions inspired by Norwegian chairs, Henry Moore, and Florence Broadhurst. The crayon vibrancy and chaotic movement create kinetic energy around intimate scenes that celebrate connection, gentleness, and grateful communal moments.
During a weekend visit to his parents in Cornwall, he began drawing from family photos, using crayons that he'd been given as a child, unlocking a cathartic feeling as he recaptured nostalgic memories - the sofa he played Tony Hawk on for hours, or the checkered lampshade on his parent's bed-side table. "I started to feel intrigued by this idea that each of these objects carried so much comfort to me, and by drawing them, I was somehow keeping them alive," says Pat.
In his most recent body of work, Room Tour, Pat is turning to objects, clothes and patterns and injecting new meanings into them. Inspired by "strange ergonomic Norwegian chairs", Henry Moore's sculptures and Florence Broadhurst, an Australian wallpaper designer, Pat's illustrations are warm, kaleidoscopic and surreal. The vibrancy of his coloured crayons give these images a welcome pop, whilst the chaos of their movement - clashing textures, skewed angles and converging figures add a kinetic edge to the calmness of these intimate scenes.
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