Bed: Bishop Hill c. 1936

Archie Thompson’s “Bed: Bishop Hill” is like a cozy stage set, rendered in watercolor. You can almost feel the warmth of the wood. I imagine Archie, back in the day, carefully mapping out each curve and line. He was probably thinking about how light plays on surfaces, how shadows define form, how one colour warms another. Look at the care he gives to the wood grain - it’s a tender act of witnessing. There’s a quiet observation here, like Giorgio Morandi with his bottles. But it’s also just a bed! It's something so everyday, turned into something special through attention and skill. Thompson, like many artists, reminds us to really *see* the things we take for granted, and to find beauty in the mundane. He is in conversation with generations of artists before and after him.