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The Gold Optimist 127 x 127cm Artwork

George Hall

Australia

Mixed Media, Acrylic on Canvas

Size: 50 W x 50 H x 1.4 D in

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ABOUT THE ARTWORK

'The Gold Optimist' 127cm sq, mixed media on canvas. Artwork is created with 1. Graffiti Acrylic Pens 2. Photographic Printing 3. Polymer Stain and Glaze 4. Ultra Violet Protective Varnish One of a kind artwork, no duplicates or prints, though there are others in this series but they are all completely different from one another. Created with acrylic graffiti paint pens, background is a matte photographic print on canvas of the collage newsprint, made up of positive words and quotes then stained with polymer glazes and finished with 3 coats of UV protective satin varnish, it will not fade in direct sunlight. Contact for framing options. Optimist Story: At the beginning of 2019 I was going through a really sad time, I was beginning to lose hope in the world and hence becoming easily annoyed and angry. I decided I didn’t want to be this way, so I did what I always do and that was to start drawing what I wanted life to look like. The reoccurring theme seemed to be love and optimism. I kept drawing hearts, I think I must of drawn hundreds, all over magazines and newspapers they kept developing and growing and I began to really start loving them and the process. I loved the effect of the background newsprint, but sometimes the words were wrong. So I research words of positivity and hope. I went through all the google searches and just kept adding to the list. I stopped watching and reading the news, I decided to create my own newspaper with these words. I wanted my heart to go onto words of love and hope. So I printed collages of these great words and started painting my multi-coloured hearts on top. I noticed that people started smiling at me in the street and I wondered why, then I realised it was because I was walking round smiling, my mode had changed. More people started contacting me and wanting paintings. I posted the hearts on my Instagram and I got so many orders for these hearts. I call them ‘The Optimist’ because that is was what I had become.

DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS
Mixed Media:

Acrylic on Canvas

Original:

One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

50 W x 50 H x 1.4 D in

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George is a multi-media artist based in Sydney Australia, with paintings and mixed-media works represented in private and public collections globally. Trained in formal figurative practices and techniques, honed over three decades in international textile and fashion design, George now paints seven days a week, loves turning mistakes into ideas, and is equally adept observing formal rules and breaking them for a reason. His work is energetic, calming and whimsical, and reflects the semi-tropical colours of his native New Zealand, a Fijian childhood and the dazzling colours of Australian nature and urban life. He incorporates layers in mixed media, acrylics, collage and glazes, applied with brushes, sponges and rough-textured towels and sometimes dyeing natural canvas first to create background and depth. George’s art is fluid and uplifting, with signature collections including The Funk, Nature's Dance, Optimist Heart, Silent Paradise, News and the Gradual series.

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