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'Silk, Blood and Thorns' Artwork

sophia milligan

United Kingdom

Mixed Media, Ink on Other

Size: 15.3 W x 18.8 H x 1 D in

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'Silk, Blood and Thorns' Original Artwork "But he, that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose." - Anne Bronte (The Narrow Way, 1848) When two opposites exist together, the dichotomy stands in harmony, creating balance and beauty. This painting is from an evolving body of work titled 'Elemental' in which Sophia employs her unique style of working using the four elements of nature. 'It is a balancing act of control and freedom; of discipline and guidance, whilst simultaneously relinquishing all authority and throwing the odds to the winds, to chance encounters and the unexpected'. The physical plein air process of creating this painting captures the tangible moment when the primary forces of sunlight and the winds of time are frozen into being: A painting scratched and scarred by the caress of stems, leaves, thorns and silken petals; then to be washed, bathed, and revealed: tactile memories, intrinsically embedded. Mixed media painting on board, with deep, rich blue and white tones of cyanotype solution used as a painting medium, together with vibrant colours of richly layered acrylic ink. Signed in pencil to the lower right corner. Float-mounted, framed & glazed (Hand finished Italian hardwood frame). Signed in pencil to the lower right corner, studio Label, signed and titled to verso. 28.5 x 20cm / 11.2 x 7.8 inches (Framed 47.7 x 38.8 cm / 18.8 x 15.3 inches)

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Mixed Media:Ink on Other

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:15.3 W x 18.8 H x 1 D in

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Sophia Milligan is a contemporary multidisciplinary artist, exploring discourses on permanence & evanescence; the eternal, cyclical absolutes of birth & death; motherhood & childhood; and ancient immutable connections. Sophia’s works have an affinity with the ancient Japanese aesthetic philosophy of wabi sabi, and with resonating ripples of intuition and instinct, she illuminates the presence of the ordinary, creating moments of sublime present. 'Born among the wild cliffs and tempestuous seas of west Cornwall, I grew with the intimate details in the twisting lanes and the intense changing light throughout the turbulent seasons. I formed a primordial connection with a deep instinctual sense of being part of the natural narrative, and wherever in the world I may be, this connectivity underpins my practice. Like the wind sculpted hawthorns and sensual coves of weather worn granite, I have been shaped by the powerful energy entwined in this ancient raw environment.’ ‘We are the stories of the journeys that came before. I weave into my work the tales of transitory circumstance; of struggle and survival; of forms and textures holding records of evolutionary millennia. I paint, I draw: with marks, mixtures, photography, words; the raw earth; the restless oceans; the whispered breeze. I work with time, and the immeasurable spaces of experience within, giving subtleties of existence a pause for contemplation. There is beauty in such poignant breaths. All moments are significant, every pebble of now forms the vast mountain of yesterday, and the great realm of tomorrow's possibilities'.

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