edwardpovey
Selected Designs
Design, sketch and writing for Personal Entanglement
Edward Povey
2007
Pen and liquid paper on paper
11.625 x 8.25 inches
Signed and dated on reverse side
In the artist's own collection
In this period of his career, ideas were first written about, to shape the them – and then taken through an evolution of drawing towards a final design, to which he rigidly adhered in the painting. PERSONAL ENTANGLEMENT is a good example of this.
Design and sketch for Eater
Edward Povey
2007
Pen and liquid paper on paper
11.625 x 8.25 inches
Signed and dated on reverse side
In the artist's own collection
Characteristic of many of Povey's designs, the design for the painting EATER shows how an idea evolved from a very different source and finally concluded in precise lines, ready for transfer to the brown-washed canvas. He believes that the scale of the figures enormously affects their expression and impact, and his calculations are visible.
Working drawing for Helter Skelter
Edward Povey
1979
Pencil and coloured pencil on paper
30.255 x 22.875 inches
Signed and dated lower right
In the artist's own collection
This is the original working drawing for the mural regarded as the most famous of the 25 murals that Povey painted throughout Wales in the 1970s. Publicly it is perhaps seen as the most popular mural ever painted in Wales.