Medium: Pencil on paper
Size: 72 x 51.5 cm

Part of the British Art Fair collection, Outside In's 20th anniversary showcase at the Saatchi Gallery, 24-27 September 2026.

About the artist: Manuel Lança Bonifacio was born in Faro, Portugal in 1947 and moved to England with his sister in 2001, settling in Surrey. He left school at the age of eight and pursued drawing and pottery on his own terms. Today he is supported by ArtVenture, a creative day centre for adults with learning difficulties in Guildford. His work often returns to a childhood ambition to join the army, depicting helicopters, aeroplanes and boats. He first came to wider attention with his drawing Mermaid, in which Manuel was an award winner at the National, 2013 at Pallant House Gallery. The judging panel included Roger Cardinal, who coined the term "Outsider Art". A solo show, My Imaginary Cave, followed at Pallant House in 2014, with a show shared with fellow winner Nigel Kingsbury at the Outsider Art Fair in Paris in 2015. His work is now held in the Collection de l'Art Brut in Lausanne and in private collections in New York.