Just watched The Summer Exhibition on the telly…I’ve always perceived it as ‘other artists’, other people involved in wanting to be noticed, to be seen, to sell, to be appreciated…with a slight kind of wondering on my part of what’s it all about? Perhaps a kind of circus with an inner circus ring…I haven’t worked it out yet…not really my cup of tea…too sweet…
'Graham's response to landscape is contemplative. Creation becomes a challenge as every mark is considered as the aesthetic process unravels towards sublime resolution. Graham's preoccupations are undoubtedly formal, but his technique relies on more than simply a conscious arrangement of shape and colour. Graham aims to intuitively distil the essence of his visual experience in a much more unlimited way. Landscape provides the ideal motif; unrestricted by figures or buildings, an exploration is permitted which ultimately pervades pure creation.' Sally-Ann Schilling. MA History of Art, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Art Historian and former Lecturer Tate Modern, London
