A moment when a patch of blue promised better weather to come. The beach is fringed with a rich palette of earths. Most of the pigments here are sourced on site...Ive only added a blue and yellow. This is currently displayed unframed- suspended on a wooden baton - this allows the piece to find its own shape and to have…
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.
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.
