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Bill Hawkins, The Idiot
2 August–6 September 2024
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A collector of dead cabbage moths, 2024 Acrylic on linen 137.4cm x 198.7cm
An orange tree, 2024 Oil on board 29 × 21.7 cm
An orange tree, 2024 Oil on board 29 × 21.7 cm
Doof, 2024 Acrylic on wool felt 28 × 20 cm
Mud Flowers, 2023 Oil and canvas on board 20 × 28 cm
Mud witch, 2024 Oil, canvas, glue and moulding paste on board 28 × 20 cm
Night Walk, 2023 Oil, acrylic, hessian and marble dust on board 28 × 20 cm
One armed school boy, 2023 Oil and hessian on board 28 × 20 cm
Paper lanterns in the garden, 2024 Acrylic on board 122 × 80 cm
Poison Tree, 2023 Lentils, felt and acrylic on board 28 × 20 cm
The brown painting, 2024 Acrylic on board 17.6 × 17.6 cm
The brown painting, 2024 Acrylic on board 17.6 × 17.6 cm
Two trees, 2024 Oil on board 124.5 × 163.7 cm
WAR, 2023-2024 Oil, eggshells and chicken wire on board 20 × 28 cm
Witch, 2023 Oil on canvas on board 20 × 28 cm

The Tree



I have an invisible tree

sometimes I can see it

and sometimes I can’t



I can forget it’s there

and its branches

catch on threads



I wish you could see it

sometimes it’s so pretty

it shimmers



I could never explain it all to you





-Bill Hawkins