I'm an oil man

I'm an oil manDavid Yarrow I'm an oil man Edition of 12 Archival Pigment Print Many years ago, we were researching for a project in Marfa, Texas and we discovered an episode of Anthony Bourdains Parts Unknown filmed in the quirky art town with local bar owner Ty Mitchell. He owned a bar called The Lost Horse Saloon and everything about him and his bar appealed to me, just as it had clearly appealed to the iconic Bourdain. I went to meet Ty in Marfa and since then

THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS II

As always it is a big team effort to create work like this

the yellow of the Porsche works well against the flat winter light

I wanted a head-on stare

The walls are a museum of the Irish in Manhattan and the joint has such a discernible vibe that Martin Scorsese and his crew did much of their press briefings for The Gangs of New York in the front bar

Orange is not a normal colour in my work

My guides then spoke to local rangers about where a certain large male orangutan had been recently sighted

this is the unmistakable playground of Aspen - the most famous ski resort in the world and one where the slopes and the old silver mining town fuse as one

irrespective of the apparent rogue member

I found Paul Anderson’s There will be Blood totally mesmerising  and no more so than the moment they struck oil

Wyoming and Colorado would lose much of their identity without these local gatherings

the camera lens sees what we see