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An open book showing two contrasting illustrations. On the left, a white hand reaches down into black water, creating wavy white ripples. On the right, a purple composition features a black circle centered within a white shape, flanked by red and brown organic forms.

Dream-team alert: Check out Nieves' new zine by Geoff McFetridge

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Date
17 March 2015

The only thing more joyous and fascinating than peering at Geoff McFetridge’s paintings is seeing the sketches that were made by his hand in the lead-up to their creation. We’ve gushed before about Geoff a lot, particularly about the fact that he more often than not works from his mind rather than from life. His sketchbooks are full of diagrams and viewpoints invented by his brain and scribbled down before evolving into beautiful, serene paintings, and have just been collected into a new publication from my very own favourite publishers, Nieves.

“I have always been interested in creating work that lies between image and language. Imagery that your mind ‘reads’ as language rather than seeing them as spatial or physical things,” Geoff says. “These graphic images are for me a way to induce a misfiring of our mind to create a connection, and resonance for the viewer. I want them to feel something, not happy, or sad, but to feel like the letter T.”

You can have a peek at the spreads of this new book over on the Nieves site. Want your own copy? Get in line and don’t dawdle, these are gonna sell out faster than you can say “Geoff is the best guy ever.”

An illustration on a red book cover shows three large, stylized eyes stacked vertically. The eyes overlap a simplified figure in olive green and pink. At the bottom, white text reads “Geoff McFetridge” and “Studies”.
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Nieves: Geoff McFetridge – Studies

An abstract painting of a black circle centred within a white, rounded shape on a purple background. Two brown and two red elongated forms extend from the centre, creating a symmetrical, cross-like composition.
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Nieves: Geoff McFetridge – Studies

An open book showing two illustrations of figures with black circular heads. The left page shows figures in white clothing standing in a line, while the right page shows figures wearing white dresses with large blue polka dots.
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Nieves: Geoff McFetridge – Studies

An illustration across two open book pages. On the left, a figure bends forward in a deep stretch, and on the right, a figure with a large black head walks with a slumped posture.
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Nieves: Geoff McFetridge – Studies

An illustration across two open book pages. On the left, a figure with a black oval head wears a dress patterned with smaller figures in dark dresses. On the right, a line-drawn figure holds a solid red rectangle that hides their face and torso.
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Nieves: Geoff McFetridge – Studies

An open book featuring two illustrations. The left page shows a top-down view of a person in a white shirt and blue trousers. The right page shows a group of people in white shirts and blue trousers holding up large red and white rectangles.
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Nieves: Geoff McFetridge – Studies

A line drawing in an open book shows a top-down view of four figures seated around a table. Each person is represented by a simple outline with a solid black circle for a head.
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Nieves: Geoff McFetridge – Studies

A grid of small illustrations is pinned to five horizontal wooden rails against a white wall. The drawings feature minimalist figures, abstract shapes and faces in a palette of black, white, red and blue.
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Geoff McFetridge: Meditallucination – Exhibition at V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Spring 2014

An open book shows two contrasting illustrations. On the left, a white hand on a black background melts into wavy, liquid lines. On the right, a purple rectangular frame contains a series of overlapping organic shapes in red, white and brown.
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Nieves: Geoff McFetridge – Studies

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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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