We never had any friends later on like the ones we had when we were twelve (for Hero Complex Gallery’s ‘King for a Day' – an art tribute to the works of Stephen King, Los Angeles, March 2014)
18” x 24” giclée print, numbered edition of 30, $40. Show opens March 21st with remaining prints available online soon afterwards (at the gallery’s discretion).
UPDATE: PRINTS AVAILABLE NOW
With Stephen King perhaps best known for his horror stories, I thought it would be interesting to go for something different, and tackle Rob Reiner’s Stand By Me for this show. It’s based on Stephen King’s novella called The Body, but apart from anything else it’s a film I have a real soft spot for.
I wanted to capture the film’s sense of fleeting childhood (which results in our feelings of nostalgia for that heady period in our lives), and of how quickly boys will become men, both naturally and through peer pressure. I thought that blending Gordy, Chris, Teddy and Vern with the campfire smoke might be a good way to get this ephemeral feeling across.
The tree-line along the base is like a compressed ‘map’ of the story in a way. Starting at the treehouse, we move along to find the campfire as the centre point of the story, then come to the deer that Gordie sees (but keeps to himself). The body isn’t shown, but of course it’s the unseen thing that’s compelling them forward throughout the entire film.
It was interesting to watch this film for the first time in many years, seeing it now as a father. That feeling of camaraderie and friendship is captured so brilliantly thanks to great performances by Will Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman and Jerry O’Connell, but as a parent you can’t help but think how you’d worry if your own child ever ran off like that!
Thanks so much to Hero Complex for inviting me to the show, and for using a detail from the piece as their Facebook event cover to announce the exhibition.
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