Spring Feast - Limited Edition of 1 Artwork

Based and inspired on Vincent van Gogh's “Self-Portrait (Dedicated to Paul Gauguin) (1888)” and Terrace in the Luxembourg Gardens (1886). Original from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. For this portrait I sought a soft, light contemporary feel to the piece. To do this I mixed old with new media by layering portions of the original paintings with photographs I took of fire to give it a metallic modern feel. The only way to capture fire at this intensity was to film it first and then extract the moment of ignition. Using technology in this manner created a true departure from impressionist art as these images would have been impossible to capture even 20yrs ago. The artwork was created as part of the Saatchi Art "The Other Avatars" NFT project. The project was a huge divergence for me, but this drove me to creatively explore in new and very exciting ways. I tried to marry old with new and understand as much as possible about what we believe to have held meaning for the artist, what fed and drove him…To do this I isolated myself for 3 weeks during the early stage of the creative process in order to truly inhabit another world. Throughout this project I felt a distinct pull towards making each avatar a complete original with little bearing to each other.. Much of Van Gogh s work demonstrate a reverence for nature. It is more idealist than realistic. I tried to make this come across in my pieces whilst at once attempting stylistically to marry traditional with contemporary art. For the creative process, portraits were used as a base and digitally manipulated into the different personas. I digitally layered different photographs, sketches and experimental pieces from the studio on a blank canvas. Many were Images of the the ocean, the sky and also of fire captured in slow motion. This was completed in Photoshop in order to combine the various elements into a unique digital file. Throughout the process there was a conscious intention to attempt to incorporate the artists’ original style or source of inspiration: Bold contour lines, prominent diagonals, a high or absent horizon, a unique way or representing space with emphasis on foreground and background and giving prominence to the natural world. Single Edition – $2850 Image Dimensions: 90 X 90cm image (35 x 35 inches) External Dimensions: External Dimensions will depend on the choice of frame. Option 1: Illusion Frame When ordering an illusion frame you are ordering the glass size, not image size. We inset the print by 2 inches all the way around, which includes 0.5 inch deckled edge. Option 1: Frosted Aluminium Frame behind HD plexiglass Mount: 3mm Crystal clear plexiglass on dibond Hi-definition 12 colour printing Certified for 100+ years Print available in Hahnemühle Photo Rag Metallic Paper® – Mixing the fine art qualities of a 100% cotton rag baryta paper with the dynamic appearance of a metallic paper, Photo Rag Metallic from Hahnemuhle is a unique medium for pigment and dye-based inkjet printing. The paper itself has a natural white colour, with no optical brighteners, and a barium sulphate coating yields immense colour depth and detail. Complementing this is a shimmering, silvery high-gloss metallic finish that benefits imagery with metallic elements, high contrast, reflections, or other striking visual elements. The heavyweight paper has a basis weight of 340 gsm, a thickness of 18.5 mil, and is acid-free, lignin-free, calcium carbonate buffered, and ISO 9706-compliant to suit archival printing applications and long-term exhibiting or storage. 100% Cotton Rag Base Material Archival certified for 100+ years  ISO 9706 conform / museum quality for highest age resistance For choice of frame, please contact curator@saatchiart.com FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT E-mail: Mobile phone / WhatsApp: +44 7779 319654 WEBSITE