Ralph Steadman: Picasso 347 Suite Homage - Peace Dove

Ralph Steadman: Picasso 347 Suite Homage - Peace DovePart of the Picasso 347 Suite Homage, a series of prints that tribute the Spanish artist by referring to some of his most well known works. A skilled and prolific printmaker, Picasso worked on the 347 Suite at the age of 86, completing its 347 prints in six months. Steadman was inspired to copy his hero and was determined to go one better by creating 547 images in 5 months. Paper Size: 39 x 46 cm Medium: Lithograph Edition Size: 24 Year: 2015

and this is why lovely Molly Weir appears in place of the more predictable W is for whisky

A skilled and prolific printmaker

but instead presents them as being pictorial and narrative

two of which were donated to Eastbourne Hospital Arts Trust an organization Judy worked with

Artists included sculptor Hamish Black

Muttereule – poignantly laments his mother – occupying a static netherworld yet robust

where everything superfluous has been stripped away

Presented here in their entirety

over 200 in total

Frances Walker’s submission for the BP mural was a small triptych oil study

Sattter executed an incredible mural during his residency and left behind a series of brilliant new prints – some spray painted some delicately stained with coffee

Some cause or other or even simply an institution