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''I have always seen my drawings as highly personal and insights into the depths of my mind. For the right occasion, I will share them with curators, fabricators or commissioners in order to demonstrate my ideas and to get everyone on the same page (literally). They have then been filed away, their purpose is complete. I am now beginning to find confidence in seeing these works as pieces in their own right and as an extension of my sculptural and site-specific installations. People are curious to see the full workings of an artist's practice; these drawings allow people that insight and opportunity to own a piece of my work.”
These drawings are part of an ongoing series of spatial light works based upon research into colour theory and light fields, whereby West has transformed architectural spaces and public environments.