I often stumble across art which I was so stressed out with making that I hide it from myself in my studio until I can face it again. There’s an argument for not dating your work, as it seems a little presumptuous that you’re going to be a successful artist, and also dating can be less desirable by galleries if you made it some years ago.
But I’m so glad I dated this one, this little rat has been hiding from me since 2021 as you can see from my signature. I’m impressed I naturally made analogous colour choices, proving you can be just as creative with painting white animals as I have re-learned from my gull paintings.
Rats have big personalities and are very smart and social, I’d love to adopt a colony of pet rats but I think they would break my heart when they pass as they only live for two years. For now I am content to feed the rats which live sneakily under the decking in my garden, don’t tell the neighbours!
