Summer Camp - Original Artwork

Summer Camp is where the manifesto lives on the surface. Look at it and you will see the words right there, bold and unapologetic at the base of the piece: IF IT'S FUN I WANT SOME. That is not a caption. That is the engine. After over two decades of pushing screen print toward a kind of mechanical perfection, toward results so technically flawless they had begun to feel cold and indistinguishable from a digital file, Oli made a decision to tear the whole thing down and start again from instinct. This original artwork is the living proof of that decision.

The Beauty of the Mess

For a long time, the climb toward total control defined everything. And when Oli reached that summit, he found something unsettling waiting there: sterility. The human vulnerability had been ironed out. The soul had gone quiet. So he put down the computer, picked up handmade positives, and let raw physical intuition back into the room. Summer Camp is what that freedom looks like when it detonates in fluorescent colour. Cascading blooms in electric purple, acid yellow, hot pink and cyan explode upward from the surface, layer upon layer of translucent ink building a density that no digital process could replicate. The flower is the singular motif, the only constraint, and that restriction is precisely what makes the rest feel completely unhinged in the best possible way. A paradox Oli has fully leaned into.

A Found Board, a Real History

The work is mounted on a found wooden board, a repurposed material sourced from within the local community. This is not a stylistic affectation. It is a philosophical choice. The physical imperfections of that board, its grain, its age, its marks, anchor the riot of ink to something that has already lived in the world. The vibrant chaos of the print does not float in a vacuum. It sits on history. The whole piece then lives inside a handmade solid oak float mount frame at 660 x 900mm with a 40mm depth, which gives the work the presence on a wall that it demands.

Signed, Certified, Unrepeatable

This is not a body of work interested in boxes or labels. Oli's philosophy here is proudly that of the Jack of all trades, the maker who refuses to be filed away neatly. Summer Camp is a celebration of being present in the studio, of childhood curiosity reclaimed in adult hands. Every hand-pulled mark carries that energy. The repeated ghost text behind the flowers, the same words echoing across the gold ground before they announce themselves in white three-dimensional letters below, the whole composition is one coherent shout: joy is the point. Making is the point. This piece is signed on both the front and back and comes with a certificate of authenticity. There is only one.

Who is this print for? Collectors who understand that hand-pulled means unrepeatable. Once it's gone, it's gone. Own a piece of British screenprint craft.