TPYO is an idea I had a long time ago and I don’t think needs much explanation! It plays with the way our eyes and brains can overlook what is actually in front of us, often correcting or simplifying what we see without us even noticing. It is very deliberately not only a mistake, but also light-hearted.

I finally made the idea into a three dimensional artwork. The white version was selected for the 2024 ING Discerning Eye exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London by judge Will Gompertz, then Director of Sir John Soane’s Museum and formerly Artistic Director of the Barbican and BBC Arts Editor. In a conversation I enjoyed enormously at the Private View, Will remarked that art needed a bit more humour. I was inclined to agree!

TPYO received a very warm response at the exhibition and beyond, which encouraged me to develop the work further. The subsequent solid aluminium version takes the same simple idea and gives it a more substantial sculptural presence.