The Rain It Raineth Every Day

Henry Taylor is pleased to present The Rain It Raineth Every Day, a new exhibition of paintings by British artist Danny Fox. Returning to Los Angeles after four years of living and working in Cornwall, England, Fox presents this collection of deeply personal new works. The title of the exhibition, inspired by Norman Garstin’s 1889 painting The Rain It Raineth Every Day, references a work Fox encountered at Penlee House in Penzance, Cornwall. During an impromptu visit to the museum, he was moved by Garstin’s depiction of Penzance Promenade, shrouded in heavy rain and turbulent winter seas. This particular stretch of landscape holds immense personal significance for Fox and is central to his latest body of work. The exhibition title, originally drawn from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, resonates poignantly, as Cornwall endured nearly two hundred days of continuous rain during the period these paintings were made. Yet, despite these overcast origins, Fox’s works defy the expected greys and blues. Instead, he employs a vivid palette of lime greens and yellows, creating an artificial brightness in the dim afternoons and granite interiors of a long Cornish winter—flares of light in the dark. Although the show’s title may be inspired by a landscape, the majority of the paintings in this exhibition are comprised of seated figures. Two works address the same setting. In the first, a female figure holds the artist’s gaze with a flush of anger through her intense stare, backlit by a sickly yellow glow while slumped at a circular dining table. In the other, we see the same sitter, this time in a peaceful slumber—perhaps at a different hour, perhaps another day or week entirely. The similarities and differences in these paintings allude to the slow passage of time, the routine of a relationship, the meeting place of lovers when the day is done.These works delve into the complexities of a relationship marked by mental illness and medication withdrawal. “It can be a helpless feeling to witness someone you love endure drug withdrawal,” Fox reflects. “Painting it somehow made that feeling more bearable.”

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