Type-Up!

An exhibition of original work by Josh Sutton

Josh Sutton is an artist with his finger in more pies than most could possibly eat (he likes a pie). After leaving school in the early 1980s he enrolled on the art foundation course at Bradford & Ilkley Community College. This led to a year of pushing gallons of acrylic paint across enormous canvasses with a Stanley knife blade. The discovery of magic mushrooms and a rock band called New Model Army delayed his artistic career for a number of years, but a journey through Turkey and a renaissance as an award winning food writer reignited his dormant creative streak and resulted in a number of published books, zines and journal articles, as well as the odd TV appearance.

More latterly Josh has returned, via a series of pen & Ink/watercolour sketches, to pushing acrylic around with a blunt Stanley knife blade.

This series of paintings emerged from a long-held fascination with typewriters and the words of those who used them.