Wild About York

Wild About York looks towards the Minster from the city walls — the three towers pale against a clear sky, rooftops and terraces stepping down in front of them, and the wall itself cutting across the foreground with people walking along it.

The title is worked into the piece. WILD ABOUT sits in the top left corner and YORKSHIRE runs across the grass bank below, where a horse and rider stand under the trees.

Hand embellished limited edition, signed and numbered from an edition of 49.

"Being challenged daily and discovering new and exciting ways of pushing boundaries keeps me motivated. My mixed media landscapes have something to say, which I like to express with collage and typography."

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Butler creates this narrative with an expert use of characterisation; the people that occupy his scenes, a stylised representation of society that has often been compared to L.S. Lowry, are complemented and modernised with Butler’s collages.His inclusion of newspaper text, slogans, statements or a single word, adds a depth and intrigue that keeps the audience hooked.This murmur from the artist, a quiet commentary accompanying the scene itself can be likened to the hum of the city, the gentle chatter of a metropolis. With this, Butler brings an essence of the City onto our walls and into our homes.