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United Kingdom
Painting, Acrylic on Wood
Size: 65 W x 40 H x 2 D in
Ships in a Crate
This painting began as a study of the object on the right, an abandoned piece of industrial agricultural equipment, some two feet high and weighing a ton. I found it in my garden. It bears the legend, BM Lynx 8 – 10, Regd. Design No 851016, Patent No. 625213. The patent tells us it was ‘an extruder of foodstuffs or sand for foundry cores’. An observer said it looked male and rather like ‘The Iron Man’. Another observer said an Iron Man needs an Iron Woman. That gave birth to the left hand panel. The granite rocks were remembered from a holiday at Dibbiedale on the Glencalvie estate in Scotland. The title came of its own accord, what with there being an abundance of rocks and the two figures balanced precariously in the sea breeze. There is also, of course, the famous and much celebrated Leonardo da Vinci panel with a similar name. That’s a favourite painting and much visited in homage. The selection jury for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2014 did not share in this cheery homage. They unanimously disapproved of my Verging concept, and gave it the heave-ho in no uncertain terms. Bitter disappointment for the artist, but bravely borne. The bastards. NB: Though described on this site as 'acrylic on wood', this work is actually painted in acrylic on three gessoed panels. The panel is made of hardboard, known in the US as Masonite.
Multi-paneled Painting:Acrylic on Wood
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:65 W x 40 H x 2 D in
Number of Panels:2
Frame:Black
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
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Ships From:United Kingdom.
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United Kingdom
I paint industrial architecture, townscapes, landscapes, portraits and still life. Many pictures are based on London buildings, some of which - most of which come to think of it - have since been demolished, though not as a direct result of depiction. My interest in industrial architecture stems from the fact that I used to paint outdoors, in front of the scene itself. One of the few places you could do this without being disturbed was on derelict industrial wasteland - brown field sites as they're now called. If you paint in public places passers-by constantly interrupt. They look over your shoulder at what you're doing and say things like: 'My Nigel draws....'
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