Woman In Red Lion Pub Pink (2018)

Woman In Red Lion Pub Pink employs bold colours and an Expressionist style, with the female figure depicted in various pink shades standing out against a richer background and a dark wooden bar. Her stance, her bright outfit, and her anonymity prompt viewers to contemplate her narrative. Dylan's approach involves thick, deliberate strokes, reflecting his desire to find “the right lines in the right places,” whilst also using slight abstraction to emphasise the emotions of the piece.

Unlike more detailed cinematic works such as Hideaway Woman from the Deep Focus series, Dylan’s Woman In Red Lion Pub series of prints highlights solitude through composition, encouraging the viewer to focus on the overall feeling of the piece and nothing more. It captures a fleeting everyday moment, imprecise and therefore universal, encouraging personal interpretation. Part of his ongoing fascination with British working-class culture, the pub becomes a symbol of cultural translation where Dylan observes social dynamics from his perpetual outsider perspective, always documenting rather than participating in the scenes he renders with compelling intimacy.