“Drawings are a language of line. Each line is a different word, with its own meaning and emphasis. It's own expression of a thing seen and responded to.”
Edward Povey Drawings

Selected Drawings


Inclined Woman

Inclined Woman

Edward Povey
1992

Pencil on paper
9.5 x 11.5 inches

Signed and dated upper left
In the artist's own collection

In 1990 Povey began to experiment with various "languages of line" in an attempt to find a fluent and natural approach to the drawing of nudes. He finally chose to interpret visual horizons with a "poetry of line", varying in character as it seeks to convey the changing subtleties of the observed line.


 
Independence Day

Independence Day

Edward Povey
1984

Chalk on paper
16 x 11 inches

Signed and dated upper right
In the artist's own collection

On a research visit to Israel, Povey coincided with the Israeli Independence Day festivities, in which the cavorting and macabre performers brought to mind early childhood experiences of violence. This held for him a fear and also a profound fascination, which gave rise to a series of paintings, made during his time in the West Indies in the 1980s.


 
My Mother's Hand

My Mother's Hand

Edward Povey
1994

Pencil on paper
11 x 8 inches

Signed and dated lower right
In the artist's own collection

"No one can overestimate the depth of impact and significance that your mother's aging hand has on you: the hand which touched you as a baby – but which is now aged."


 
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