Fuzz Mellis 2020

Camilla d'Errico gave us this psychedelic scene with paint, maybe in the 21st century? What first struck me were the colours, how they just pop and drip and buzz! I imagine d'Errico in her studio, a real hive of activity, layering those colours to give the bees their fuzzy texture, each one different, like individual thoughts buzzing around a central idea. I imagine what it must have felt like to create this candy-coloured world, the joy of mixing the hues, the risk of letting the paint drip, creating that rainbow river. The way that bite mark transforms into a jewel-like cascade! It's not just about what we see, but also about the artist’s hand and mind. It's all about the process. I see a conversation happening here – a painter responding to other painters, echoing their ideas but making them entirely her own. It reminds us that making art is always a kind of exchange, a dance of ideas and inspirations across time.