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Canada
Drawing, Ink on Paper
Size: 11.5 W x 8.5 H x 0.1 D in
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This delicate winter landscape (pen and ink) was done while I was in my west coast studio. It's an impression of my memories of many winter forests I spent time in while living in Northern Alberta. Deceptively empty, the landscape never ceased to inspire me. The subtleties of light and shadow, the stark vertical lines of bare twigs and branches set against the smooth undulations of snow over muskeg provided me with endless challenges. Pen and wash allows me to be very subtle with pale colour shifts that capture the muted shades found on an overcast wintery day. I can be very spontaneous when I work with this medium. It's portable and though in this case I was not working en plein air, my pen and ink kit is my equipment of choice when I'm travelling and want to quickly capture the essence of a place or a scene.
Drawing:Ink on Paper
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:11.5 W x 8.5 H x 0.1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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Ships From:Canada.
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Canada
I was born in Ryhope, UK in 1935. My father was a harness-maker who worked for the local coalmine making harnesses for the pit ponies. My relatives were coal-miners and harness-makers and though they were fine craftsmen in their own right, there was nothing in my upbringing that would have suggested a career as an artist. The passion for creating art was there from the very beginning. For as long as I can remember, I wanted to draw and paint. I have always made sense of the landscape around me by capturing the world in paintings and drawings. Against all odds, I studied art - first in Sunderland and then at the Royal College of Art in London. I exhibited at the Royal Academy in the era of op art, pop art, abstraction, post-impressionism. The early sixties were an exciting time to be in London - the world was changing. Art was changing. It was an amazing time to be a student, to come of age as an artist. My contemporaries were people like Hockney, Frank Bowling, Derek Boshier, Ron Kitaji and Cephas Howard. Mike Pennie and Brian Hagger, Robyn Denny, Peter Phillips, Alayna Hughes, Alwyn Hughes, Ian Potts, Allan Jones.... Those were my peers. It's hard knowing a number of them have already passed away. My first forays into print-making took place in London and it's only recently, some sixty years later that I'm returning to linocuts and silkscreen. I'm thoroughly enjoying experimenting with new techniques and technologies as well as exploring and embracing the changes of thinking that have taken place over the past number of decades.
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