Time to Go Home
by Oli Fowler

Description

Original mixed media on board, floated on a brown tray frame.

Framed size 67cm x 88cm

A young girl and her cat journey home at dusk, her floral dress vibrant against a path that erupts into celebratory rainbow stripes. Set against a backdrop of glowing terraced houses and sentinel street lamps, the scene captures a quintessentially British childhood nostalgia—honest, unsentimental, and filtered through a contemporary urban lens. The aesthetic sits at the intersection of mid-century illustration and modern street art, reminiscent of a Shirley Hughes narrative reimagined for the present day.

Hand-pulled in Hertfordshire, this work is a unique piece rather than part of an edition, representing the culmination of twenty-six years of craft. Printed on heavyweight cotton rag and a mixture of screen printed collage cut outs, the composition is built through complex, spontaneous layering—from the peachy sunset gradient to the gestural cadmium yellow flowers. With deliberate shifts in registration and ink bleeding at the edges, the print celebrates the physical act of creation. As a singular pull, this artwork is entirely unrepeatable; once the screens are cleared, the moment is lost.