Errol Theunissen: Tender Domestic Worlds
We have some really wonderful new works by artist Errol Theunissen, now available at New Blood Art.
There’s a tenderness in Middlesbrough-based, self-taught artist Errol Theunissen’s work that’s hard to describe but instantly felt. The figures are curled under blankets, stretched across blue sofas, held inside a gentle, safe domestic atmosphere. Embodied painting with folk qualities, colour handling and compositional control that feel contemporary. The children and animals aren’t performing for us. They’re simply there, inside a moment of closeness, where nothing needs to be explained.
The pleasure in Errol’s works is quiet and physical. Crisps, cartoons, pizza, a paddling pool. A dog pressed against your ribs. The kind of domestic safety that builds slowly, day after day, until it becomes a world. The emotional density of being safe, where the body is supported and nothing has to be said.
These works invite you to come closer and feel this unguarded quality.
![கோலம் [01] by Ilakkiya Mohanraj, original artwork](http://www.newbloodart.com/cdn/shop/files/vFwRNbzlGf.jpg?v=1791477859&width=533)
