Made on Fabriano 160gsm tinted (tiziano zabalone) a soft yellow - using gouache- leaving the warmth of the yellow to breathe through especially on the high plateau. The shadow congregates and hovers where the valley falls away. Made near Abergavenny . The image bleeds over the edge of the paper. 21x21cm. Signed bottom right.
WET KALE SHINGLE. Cogden Nature Reserve beach, Chesil, Dorset. 2016. A correspondence became evident between rounded shingle and the droplets of dew and rainwater held on the surface of the Sea Kale leaves...they run like mercury. Sea Kake is so adapted to this exposed environment...deep tap roots, waterproofed leaves storing moisture and holding water in a way that guides it…
I chose to use the funding by Arts Council England and Thelma Hulbert Gallery to develop a response to a poem Jeremy Hooker wrote in 2015. He took as a starting point a specific painting of mine, but his words touched into the fundamentals of my practice. WITH RED EARTH UNDER MY NAILS is the third from The Viriditas Press…
Made on location on a bright morning...fresh breeze...energetic sea. Watercolour on watercolour board. The cost of postage is not included in this price.
