The place was packed. Artist Godwin Bradbeer, as part of his current exhibition, was giving a public demonstration of his very personal method of making drawings that are almost paintings, and paintings that are almost drawings. “All these artworks are drawn in what was once called freehand, in graphite and waxed chinagraph pencil,” he told the crowd. “At different stages, the drawings have been burnished with the sort of spoons you would find in any old cutlery drawer …”
Gallery Director Jessica Velasquez came across to me, standing at the back of the throng, and whispered “We’ve got over seventy people here,
