A quick type into the old wikipedia will tell you that a fable is a succinct story, in prose or verse, that features animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are anthropomorphized, and that illustrate a “moral” lesson of sorts.
Craig Dermody’s work is akin to a fable in pictorial form and morals aside he himself has been described as “part stoner visionary, part share house future predictor”, with these latest pieces Dermody takes us on a sideways step away from the humdrum of day to day life and into something mysterious with a hint of necromancy, where witches sit astride wild horses, giant monsters come a knocking and pumpkin headed scarecrows are reclining in amongst it.
Juxtaposed red octopus’s drip amongst lush pastoral and Victorian style backdrops. These views are simultaneously rambunctious yet earthy, the characters play host to the most common of human emotions, love and jealousy, yet a more sober subtext lurks beneath. Something wicked this way comes. Craig will be showcasing his latest pieces from the 18th of November at Somewhere Gallery.
