Collection: Inky Conditions

INKY CONDITIONS is the creative storytelling project of Duffield-based illustrator, Stevie Mitchell. Working with ink and brush and some deliberately lo-grade technology, Stevie creates captioned drawings, fragments of stories, illustrated verse and everyday tales. A continuing record of lives remembered and lives not really lived.

For this year’s online trail, the traditionally abundant output of black and white works from INKY CONDITIONS is set aside to showcase for sale a new, one-off, large-format print series titled These Are The Trees.

Made up of 10 new pieces created during lockdown, These Are The Trees is a specially curated collection of bold-brushed and lyric-led artworks. Vivid colours replace the monochromatic. Asserted statements drown out the mumbled asides. A sense of scale is exploded; newly and differently embraced communities and amplified inner voices loom large in the shrinking world of lockdown - and of loss.

These Are The Trees is a (very) limited poster-print edition; just one of each large format artwork has been bespoke-produced for this online trail. Some limited edition smaller-scale print options accompany each item listed here.

Selected pieces from the INKY CONDITIONS catalogue are available to browse and buy at inkyconditions.co.uk. A small selection of framed original ink sketches are listed on the site too, along with a growing gallery of old and recent works.