I have always been an admirer of the work of Aardman and was lucky that they agreed to be the subjects.
Nick Park has won much acclaim for Wallace and Gromit and David Sproxton and Peter Lord are the founders of Aardman animation as well as the producers of all the work.

I gave much thought to the whole creative process involved with the claymation techniques that Aardman is so famous for. I simplified this into three stages-
1. Idea - the story boarding and invention of the characters.
2. Creation - the modeling of the characters and sets.
3. Filming - the transformation from the unreal inanimate to the believable animate.

The final composition shows Nick Park at the first stage story boarding the unforgettable train chase scene from 'The wrong trousers', while Peter Lord creates a plasticine model of Morph, David Sproxton waits in the background along with the camera linking to the dominating Characters of Wallace and Gromit in the foreground, no longer just models but real and as alive as the creators themselves. This impossible scenario coupled with the seriously dramatic reference to Caravaggio's iconic 'Supper at Emmaus' encourages the implausible to become believable and heightens the humor of the scene.

left to right
Wallace David Sproxton Peter Lord Nick Park Gromit

136 x 100 cm
Acrylic on wood