Nº 15: David Murphy
David drops in to rec overalls, his 15 year notebook addiction, the seafood platter worthy of a day trip and much more!
We’re back with artist David Murphy. Read on to find out what he’s into, and if you’re new here, hit subscribe for secret recommendations every Monday and Wednesday.
The Lewisham-based painter, sculptor and new dad shares some of his favourite things.
☞ SEAFOOD DAY TRIPS: It doesn't need to be my birthday to go to the Company Shed on Mersea Island for a dangerously good seafood platter and a bottle of something cold. Only an hour (but a world away) from London
☞ OVERALLS: Do you want to feel productive before you even start? Of course you do (The catalogue is a work of art too).
☞ ARCHIPELAGO: More like a world you can live in than a favourite magazine.
☞ GOOD DRINKS NEAR YOUR GO-TO STATIONS: It has served me well to have a few unfussy drop-ins I can get home from extremely easily. These are my top three for flopping back afterwards onto a Lewisham-bound train:
40 Maltby street (London Bridge)
Jerusalem Tavern (Farringdon)
Sophie’s (Piccadilly)
☞ NTS: The lifeblood of my studio at least 50% of the time
☞ NOTEBOOKING / LETRASET: For me it's a 15 year borderline addiction, but keeping a notebook is useful, soothing, and weirdly nostalgic given it's mostly to-do lists and working out ideas. Mine are very basic school-issue spiral-bound A5, personalised with some Letraset word/words scrubbed onto the cover. Oh yeah, Letraset is great too - I buy up old sheets whenever I can.
☠︎ HATES: Tracksuits
TY David! Follow David here. David has shows in June at both Galerie Isa (Mumbai) and Paterson Zevi (London).
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