Helen Ashton

Lewisham Way

From left to right:
Costcutter, Ink on Paper, 2020.
Yao Kee, Ink on paper, 2020.
Better Cut Barbers, Ink on paper, 2020.

For me, these drawings represent a period of time where I was able to spend hours simply looking at things and drawing. Having so much time informed the way I addressed the task of drawing in itself, and it became a kind of meditative process. I became totally engrossed observing the nuances of dodgy roofing and wonky shopfronts, rendering them with minute lines and marks. Lewisham Way has never looked the same since.