"Stay Cool" by Dickon Drury features a vibrant palette with contrasting primary colors that illuminate a domestic scene filled with everyday items like bottles, vegetables, and kitchenware. A whimsical corn cob dangles in a surreal interior, flanked by a lemon slice and a rope, amidst other still life elements. The style is hyper-saturated with a playful, surrealist touch, transforming mundane objects into intriguing symbols. Drury's intention is to highlight the underlying tension and narratives within domestic spaces, encouraging reflection on the habitual patterns and hidden stories of home life. ...
Dickon Drury creates hyper-saturated, large-scale oil paintings of domestic interiors, populated by everyday objects such as books, computers, kitchenware, and open food. His work captures the quiet tension of domestic spaces, balancing familiarity with a subtle sense of unease. Objects—often stacked, flattened, or skewed—suggest the presence of unseen inhabitants and hint at routines, anxieties, and the traces of daily life. Through vibrant color, dramatic light, and stark shadows, Drury heightens the surreal quality of otherwise ordinary environments. His meticulous attention to detail transforms mundane items into symbols of human behavior, desire, and impermanence. The interplay between order and disorder in his compositions invites viewers to reflect on the psychological and temporal dimensions of home life. Themes of self-sufficiency, preservation, and regeneration run throughout his work, approached with both tenderness and humor. By turning familiar interiors into carefully orchestrated, almost theatrical scenes, Drury prompts consideration of how the arrangement of objects and spaces can reveal the inner life, emotional rhythms, and quiet narratives of those who inhabit them. ...
Founded in 2011, Kendall Koppe is a Glasgow-based gallery committed to championing under-represented voices in contemporary art, with a particular focus on queer and female artists. The gallery fosters a space where personal narratives intersect with broader cultural, historical, and social contexts, while also advocating for Scotland’s role in the international visual arts landscape.
