Graphite Drawings
Archie Fooks - Smith is a UK based artist working predominantly in drawing as well as other mixed media. He completed his BA at the Slade School of Fine Art in 2021.
Many of the drawings in this series feature a heavy use of graphite; the result of a preliminary drawing being rubbed out and shaded in so as to create a negative of the original image. By using this process, the artist creates a sense of depth in which the darkness operates as an empty space, like a room without lighting or the shapes that emerge at the beginning of a dream.
Fooks - Smith, Archie
T1
Graphite on paper.
20.6 x 29.8 cm.
Fooks - Smith, Archie
Untitled
Graphite on paper.
29.8 x 20.6 cm.
Fooks - Smith, Archie
Tree, Spirits and Torii Gate In Distance September
Graphite stick on paper.
22.9 x 30.4 cm.
Fooks - Smith, Archie
Rabbit Demon Collage
Graphite on paper, collage.
29.9 x 20.7 cm.
Fooks - Smith, Archie
Sh1
Graphite on paper.
20.6 x 29.8 cm.
Fooks - Smith, Archie
Sh2
Graphite on paper.
29.8 x 20.7 cm.
Fooks - Smith, Archie
T2 (eye)
Graphite on paper.
20.6 x 29.8 cm.
Fooks - Smith, Archie
Untitled
Graphite on paper.
20.9 x 28.6 cm.