Harry Bunce has carved out a unique position in the art world with his cast of cute, but not always cuddly, creatures. His quirky and distinctive paintings and sculptures of rabbits and cats defy categorisation, combining illustration, street art and fine art with a biting sense of humour. Collectors have described his work as ‘Beatrix Potter meets Quentin Tarantino’ and dubbed him our ‘rural Banksy.’
After a brief and volatile spell at Art School, Harry studied Fashion and Textiles at Bristol and spent two decades working in fashion. In 2007 his life was changed by a simple question he was asked by an old school friend at a party – “How’s the art going?” – and he began to draw and paint around existing commitments, often working late into the night in a frenzied attempt to make up for lost time. The pieces he produced around this time had much in common with folk art: whimsical portraits of British wildlife that were designed to appeal to the general public and not to the elite of the art establishment.
In this witty and distinctive new collection, Harry Bunce relocates his cast of rural reprobates to an urban setting, redefining them as street art provocateurs who were born to be wild!