James Rawson

When asked about BLUE SEMI-AUTO,2015 Rawson explains:
"I discovered these in a pound shop. I found myself asking why make a child’s toy water pistol look so accurate to a real gun? It made me think about our continuing detachment from reality that you find with the image of the gun. I painted these toy water pistols on bright backgrounds carrying on their bight plastic colors that evoke a strong child like quality. I find it funny when people refer to them as “gun paintings”...
I think that says a lot, doesn’t it.”


