We're delighted to present this short film of gallery artist Graham Boyd and his 2022 retrospective Volatile Creatures at University of Hertfordshire. An exhibition charting three key periods in the artist's prolific career - the 1970s, 1980s and 2000s.
'We are all volatile and complex creatures - made up of atoms and particles, all-prevailing and universal. This is what I am trying to reflect.'
'When I put down a colour with one or two others they seem to ring or chime or call out to others. I love the pealing of church bells and the dawn chorus. It's all colour to me.'
'From my early days I have been aware of my dual imperatives to be impulsive and diverse whilst at the same time to underpin all I do with order and clarity. Hence the frequent presence of the grid.'
