This idea for The Kick-About No. 144 began with that criticism often levelled at expressive, Modern paintings etc… the one that goes, ‘My four year old could do better than that!’ I imagine similar comments were made as people stood before Fauvist paintings with their mouths open in outrage.



I tore a few pages from a Super Jumbo Colouring Book and stuck them down on a bigger sheet of card, then proceeded to ‘paint inside the lines’—and then outside of them too, dialling up the colour with each pass. Not sure what I ended up with, but someone, somewhere is probably saying, ‘My four year old could do better than that!’




2 responses to “Super Jumbo Colouring Book (2025)”

  1. All children are artists…most of us just forget how to create with abandon. (K)

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  2. I must say these images absolutely thrill me, they shake the nerves and make hairs stand up, its no mean feat these, and I expect an exhibition in ‘26 of a full series. Power on Phil, I just love it.

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