The Mill: 8 Giclee prints by Paul Warren

The Mill is a character-led series of 8 figurative prints that brings the world of industrial change vividly to life through humour, conversation and social observation. Each work captures a different exchange between workers, investors or townspeople, using expressive poses, simplified forms and distinctive colour to suggest the energy, tension and personality of mill life.

Across the series, Paul Warren explores themes of innovation, labour, trade, housing, textile knowledge and everyday community life. The quoted titles and captions give each print a dramatic, often witty voice, while the minimal backgrounds keep the focus firmly on gesture, interaction and narrative. Together, the 8 prints form a lively and theatrical portrait of a changing society, balancing local character and historical reference with a fresh contemporary style.

The drawings are Giclee prints taken from iPad artwork. The iPad became Paul’s choice of medium in 2013 and he spends a lot of time  producing imagery that attempts to reflect a moment in the day to day activity  of people. He calls his  artwork ‘Momentism’

Paul  attended the Joseph Wright Secondary Art School in the late 1950’s but  didn’t pursue an arts career.  Since retirement from full time employment he’s been playing catch up and in recent years,  has been  creating illustrations for  NOP.  When asked the question why he draws so much, his answer is  simply, ‘because I enjoy it’ but there is more to it than that and examples may be seen on Facebook, Instagram and Blogger..