About Artist & Art Details
Graeme Brusby, aka Xenz, was introduced to art via graffiti as a teenager in the late 80s. He adopted the Tag Sense, which eventually evolved into the name Xenz, which he uses today. When painting, he prefers to make it up as he goes with no prior sketches or designs, relying more on memories of his travels and experiences. His work has evolved so much over time that graffiti no longer sufficiently describes what he does, although you are just as likely to see his name scrawled on a wall as you are at the bottom of a beautiful painting. He was once described as the Monet of Graffiti because of the impressionistic nature of his work. His paintings seem to have destructive yet delicate expressionism about them, using drips and smudges to portray the leaves of a tree or the beautiful plumage of a bird. The natural world, the urban environment and Asian art are some of his many inspirations. A recurring theme in his work is the courtship routines of birds, from which he draws many parallels as an exhibiting artist who paints on the streets.
This collection of works was created in his London studio after a short visit to St Davids and the local area. He felt he had discovered a wonderful, almost secret part of the world hidden away in the valleys and wanted to create pieces that evoke the same feelings of discovery and pieces that illustrate the tradition of storytelling and the history of the location in which they are displayed.