Trees are particularly symbolic in Kealey Farmer’s illustrative world, and tend to be all about growth, strength and flourishing. Trees are inextricably linked to all our pasts, presents and futures and have been around long enough to have seen and heard everything; and so it’s this sense of belonging and togetherness Farmer tries to visually capture. Having said that, in the acclaimed contemporary fine artist’s very latest hand-embellished giclee piece, there’s not even the merest trace of tree; instead the woods give way for, of all things, mod values. Mod as in ‘modern’, as of the 1960s if you recall. ‘Mods and rockers’, no? Well, as quintessentially British as Southend Pier, scooters and Doc Martin boots, mods were all the rage once, and are again in more pictorial terms of enlightenment this autumn 2016; as Farmer brings the forgotten graphic theme and illustrative culture back into our conscience, courtesy of ‘For the Love of Mod’. This 17” x 27” artist-monikered iteration can be yours with immediate effect, providing you move quicker than a Vespa on the open road, and hit the ‘buy’ key, so to speak.