1LC SymR+M Prussian Blue on Cobalt (XXL Artwork) Painting

Due to the size, the painting will be shipped in a bespoke wooden crate, one extra week to be ordered constructed. Painted with high quality Mike Harding artist oil paints on Linen. Created 2010 during Artist in Residency at DH Lawrence Pavilion, Nottingham and exhibited in Continuum in Symmetry solo. Extract of the exhibition AN review by Ruth Solomons writer, researcher and artist based in London. "Marek’s paintings are based on a particular sort of line that derives from drawing both in concept and through attention to placement upon surface. … Marek’s carefully painted lines denote the use of a tool – in actuality a paintbrush. Yet they draw allusion to a physical sculpting from a machine-like tool which would produce such a uniform line. ... In 2LC SymM Prussian Blue on Cobalt, Marek exploits the potential for our eyes to sense visual depth of space in colour resonance as well as in the linear wanderings of the painted forms. Within a very tight spectrum range, he combines contrasting hues to create sensory noise amid concurrent readings of solid/liquid/air. Blue makes a particular sort of space in the mind’s eye, and here Marek exploits the richness and suggestiveness of blue while keeping the pigments as pure as possible. Mineral cobalt lies anchored in a solid half-submerged layer beneath ragged glazings of night-sky inky prussian’s dense pigment suspended in its oily translucent medium-vehicle. Negative linen lines glow earthy-rich in peach-orange narrow wavering bands in complementary contrast to the heavy expanse of resonating blues. Undulating deep red arterial lines and buried seams of white bring the painting into vibrant and harmonious balance. … Continuum in Symmetry is a painting show that fits very securely into the realm of painterly painting and showcases Marek’s work as studio-based investigation into painting process: an artist’s artist. Full Review on Interface a-n 24 June 2010