Mound #5 (2021) harks back to Hancock’s earliest Mound works, which began over twenty years ago. The Mounds are creatures the artist has been developing ever since, often as three-dimensional forms or intensely black, white and pink designs. Hancock is interested in revealing his artistic process within the works and in this piece he pushes this idea the furthest, letting the viewer see the creature forming before their eyes. There is a tactile quality to the mark making and we can see the creature from the inside, and from front to back. The looseness and abstract quality of the work is part of Hancock’s commentary on art making and creativity as a whole.

The work is testament to Hancock’s practice, in which he layers concepts and materials with great complexity. Formal elements of medium, colour, shape and line are of upmost importance to the artist, who creates work with dynamism and impact, in order to communicate narrative elements.