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Dangerously Prancy: James Braithwaite’s new drawings series

The Dangerously Prancy series first started with black and white drawings shared on James Braithwaite’s Instagram page.

The artworks showed a strong graphic approach, ranging from abstract exploration to figurative or copy-only artworks, all infused with James Braithwaite’s trademark irreverence - and a puzzling obsession with gherkin.

It was clear - even though unbeknownst to the artist himself - that these drawings weren’t just random doodlings, but that we were witnessing the dawn of a new series: Dangerously Prancy.

“Originally, I started this as a mental palette cleanser,” says James. “I was so deep in a huge documentary animation project for UFC, and I needed to draw something other than beaten up athletes. This was a way to wipe the slate with something fast and stupid. From there, it became a daily thing.”

“My mission was to work fast, frame it right away, photograph it, release it, and move on. I started posting these, and people were surprisingly eager to buy the originals. One drawing in a frame looked good. Five looked better. But when you have 50 of them, they begin to find their own horrible narrative logic. This is the million monkeys on a million typewriters, bashing away until they have a story.”

“There are over 300 of these drawings now, and Black Eye Books will be publishing a collection of them in the new year. I am hoping the world sorts its shit out so that I can do a little touring art show with it. That sounds plausible, right?”

We cannot wait for the book to be revealed!
In the meantime, see more of James’ work here.