Smallness feels natural to me
Joe Lloyd, Studio International
September 2021

The people who populate the muted, meticulously arranged gouaches of Graham Little (b.1972, Dundee) are usually preoccupied. They stare into the distance or gaze inwardly, water plants or read books. They are often surrounded by objects, artefacts and chic decor. The protagonist of Untitled (Stairway) (2020), clad in a red-and-beige pyjama two-piece, is frozen mid-dance before a wooden-sided modernist staircase, which feels as integral to the scene as the lady. In Untitled (Bedroom) (2021), a reclining woman points towards a bare-chested man holding a golf ball. There is a surrealism in the stillness. […]