Guy Watts & Daniel McGirr, A Duet of Lines

Pen and ink drawings by Guy Watts and Daniel McGirr exploring nature and the universe.

Guy and Daniel both specialise in producing meticulous drawings. Though, there is a huge difference in the scale of their mark-making.

Guy Watts

Frome artist Guy works at a tiny scale. Each drawing is composed of hundreds of fine pen marks, which build up to create detailed images that are both dreamy and complex. His desire to draw was triggered at the age of 27 with the sudden clarity of vision that came when he acquired his first pair of glasses. Guy’s precise drawings can take two or three months to complete.

Daniel McGrirr

Bristol-based Daniel works at a much larger scale, although he makes marks of corresponding subtlety and accuracy. His abstract drawings are inspired by the natural and manmade world. Though he focuses on the process of creation as opposed to overall subject matter and theme. The end result is organic forms and patterns using a form of mark-making that utilises precise edges and angles. Daniel endeavours to challenge people’s perceptions of art and what can be achieved through painstaking detail.

Both artists bring a degree of obsessiveness to their practice. For example, not allowing certain lines to touch one another or simply being willing to reproduce repeating lines hundreds of times in one drawing. This helps to give their artwork a three-dimensional quality.