3vergard

Lost promises of an information-age childhood animate the pages of 3VERLAND, the first dive into a universe previously seen only in glimpses.

Image credit: Marcus Langdale

The world I call 3vergard (pronounced ever guard) is a culmination of years of art practice through my childhood and teenage years. I have been an obsessive art-maker all my life, creating concept art, catalogues, lorebooks, comics, and so on, all inhabiting an ecosystem of imaginary franchises.

3vergard was born as digital art but moving into hand drawing and watercolour really deepened my scope for personal expression. Over the past year I’ve been expanding 3vergard into a musical project, scavenging the sounds of early 2000s Wii and flash games to hone in on the nostalgic yet otherworldly quality of my work.

Starting 3vergard turned art from an exercise in product-making into a way to reconnect with my inner child and give new life to all the abandoned worlds of childhood. While childhood memories certainly shape the  visual language of the 3vergard world, it’s taken on a life of its own, and now I see reminders of it everywhere. It embodies a sense of childlike wonder and love for the world (both natural and built) that I think is necessary in lighting the way to a better future, a future beyond capitalism and climate crisis.

My upcoming book 3VERLAND is an in-depth exploration of the 3vergard world; to find what lies behind each little windowpane that my previous paintings have given. It’s been a big undertaking and has taken nearly ten months for pencilling alone, yet to be inked or painted. However, I think it will be well worth the wait.