I was asked by Zizzi to do some work for their newly refurbished Cheltenham restaurant.
The restaurant is in a converted church, so I was asked to do paint the oven with a stained-glass inspired pattern. For the other two walls, I couldn’t resist referencing the horse races Cheltenham is famous for, and the interesting crowd that goes with it. I felt this different application of my work asked for a slightly different style, and I’m very happy about my weird horses and monochrome people.
The location was beautiful (a church you guys), the staff put up with me for days and was always super nice, and I got to see a place I’d never been to. Many thanks to design manager Sian Quantrill for the opportunity and creative freedom (I got to paint multi-coloured horses on a church wall - that’s creative freedom). This was an amazing experience.
