Archie Proudfoot
Archie Proudfoot’s prints explore our relationship with words using bold colours and playful styles. Throughout lockdown, he’s been using traditional techniques to hone his craft of bespoke sign painting.
Open House: SO2 EP03
More episodes in Open House
Pie Herring (Open House: Episode 01)
Pie Herring’s vivid, visceral depictions of womanhood are both disarming and exhilarating. In the first episode of Open House, the artist invites us into her studio to explain why lockdown isn’t holding her back.
Millie Suu Kyi (Open House: Episode 03)
Millie Suu Kyi’s ceramics and illustrations depict personality traits through playful characters and vivid scenes, inspired by childhood nostalgia. In episode three of Open House, she shows us how lockdown is shaping her work, and shares her hopes for the future of the arts.
Ian Bruce (Open House: Episode 04)
Ian Bruce describes painting portraits as “somewhere between a haircut and a therapy session”. In episode 4 of Open House, he shows us how he’s adapted his intimate methods to lockdown, and finally found the time to launch his long-imagined animation project.
Conor Rogers (Open House: Episode 02)
Conor Rogers’ intricate miniatures of daily life in the north of England are authentic, emotive depictions of working-class society. In the second episode of Open House, he takes us round his studio where discarded objects become the canvases for his work.
