IT IS WHAT IT IS (Yellow) - limited edition screen print
• 3 colour hand-pulled screen print with spot varnish
• 300 gsm Somerset stock
• 48.5 x 48.5cm
• Deckle edge
• Signed, numbered and embossed
• Limited edition of 30
IT IS WHAT IT IS has been my most popular SLOGAN design to date. The first incarnation was a 100 x 100cm canvas I made for an exhibition in Venice Beach, California back in 2015, which apparently sold to Jennifer Love Hewitt.
I revisited the idea in 2019 for my HAVE A WORD solo show in Sheffield and made a series of hand-pulled screen prints as well as a smaller set of works on canvas - these also sold out instantly.
During lockdown I refined the artwork slightly and produced a few variations in different colourways, all of which sold overnight and although IT IS WHAT IT IS has been out of print ever since, I am regularly asked when I'll be releasing another version of the design.
I recently decided to tweak the composition once more and switch up the format for a new edition I've created in collaboration with The Framery (Sheffield) and Bicep Press (Bristol).