Oscar Francis for Tate

Yellow House Art brand Oscar Francis was recently commissioned to do a poster for the Tate Modern Shop - Sarah Evans, the talent behind OF naturally felt very proud to finally see the poster on the wall in the Print Shop. We asked Sarah about the process behind commissioning her artwork ...

       

Preliminary sketch and final poster for Tate Modern - Oscar Francis, 2015

"I was very pleased to be asked to collaborate on a poster for the Tate Modern. I enjoy commissions and, for me, this was a dream job. When I initially met with the team to discuss the brief I didn’t know what the subject would be so when they asked me to work on the Tate Modern itself I was thrilled. I knew that my biggest problem was going to be producing just one final artwork".

The process was the same as any other project. I compile photos of the subject. I take photos and find images in books or on the web. I usually end up selecting three or four images that I sketch from. I produced three initial hand drawn art works and some detail sketches of areas of the building that interested me. I then produced four digital artwork options from the drawings for the team to choose from. 

I had a preferred image but it was not chosen. I produced variations on a print because more often than not a client will be looking for a particular image for a reason and so I know that my preference is not necessarily going to fulfill their needs."    

Both of these pieces were also created for Tate and although not selected, we like the colours and slightly more detailed visual solution...

    

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Sarah Evans is a trained architect and the talent behind Oscar Francis. Named after her twins, Oscar Francis is a London based studio creating bold graphics inspired by the city and the varied housing types that define our environment. Each building is intricately researched in both it's history & visual detail, moving from pencil sketches to final artwork. The Oscar Francis collection celebrates modernity & the real spaces in which we live.

     

Sarah Evans with her own prints and the commissioned poster on display at Tate Modern, November 2015