‘The Surface Is as Important as the Image:’ See How Artist Daniel Crews-Chubb Builds His Magnificently Textured Works

“This process allows me to edit quickly and change my mind,” says London-based artist Daniel Crews-Chubb as he rips a piece of cloth off one painting and staples it to another. His process is both fast and slow as he laboriously dyes and stains canvases, cuts, tears, staples, and stretches, then smears on paint and line draws with charcoal.