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8' 20" i.e 500 seconds is the time it takes light to reach the earth from the sun. I see this work an energising and life-affirming piece about the nature of time and space. Even the maths are sublime; 150,000,000km (distance to sun), 300,000KM p/s (speed of light) = 500s. 

I believe that being in flight and looking out over the clouds to be one of the most profound and awe-inspiring experiences available to man. To create this painting I analysed footage taken from a powerful, quad-copter drone which had ascended above the clouds.

The piece is also inspired by a painting I analysed in the final room of the Georgia O’Keefe show at Tate Modern, London 2016 which was in turn influenced by Rothko who is one the prime influences on my Painting Is Infinite series.
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8' 20" i.e 500 seconds is the time it takes light to reach the earth from the sun. I see this work an energising and life-affirming piece about the nature of time and space. Even the maths are sublime; 150,000,000km (distance to sun), 300,000KM p/s (speed of light) = 500s. 

I believe that being in flight and looking out over the clouds to be one of the most profound and awe-inspiring experiences available to man. To create this painting I analysed footage taken from a powerful, quad-copter drone which had ascended above the clouds.

The piece is also inspired by a painting I analysed in the final room of the Georgia O’Keefe show at Tate Modern, London 2016 which was in turn influenced by Rothko who is one the prime influences on my Painting Is Infinite series.
8' 20" i.e 500 seconds is the time it takes light to reach the earth from the sun. I see this work an energising and life-affirming piece about the nature of time and space. Even the maths are sublime; 150,000,000km (distance to sun), 300,000KM p/s (speed of light) = 500s. 

I believe that being in flight and looking out over the clouds to be one of the most profound and awe-inspiring experiences available to man. To create this painting I analysed footage taken from a powerful, quad-copter drone which had ascended above the clouds.

The piece is also inspired by a painting I analysed in the final room of the Georgia O’Keefe show at Tate Modern, London 2016 which was in turn influenced by Rothko who is one the prime influences on my Painting Is Infinite series.
8' 20" i.e 500 seconds is the time it takes light to reach the earth from the sun. I see this work an energising and life-affirming piece about the nature of time and space. Even the maths are sublime; 150,000,000km (distance to sun), 300,000KM p/s (speed of light) = 500s. 

I believe that being in flight and looking out over the clouds to be one of the most profound and awe-inspiring experiences available to man. To create this painting I analysed footage taken from a powerful, quad-copter drone which had ascended above the clouds.

The piece is also inspired by a painting I analysed in the final room of the Georgia O’Keefe show at Tate Modern, London 2016 which was in turn influenced by Rothko who is one the prime influences on my Painting Is Infinite series.

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David O'Malley

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Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Size: 39.4 W x 39.4 H x 1.4 D in

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8' 20" i.e 500 seconds is the time it takes light to reach the earth from the sun. I see this work an energising and life-affirming piece about the nature of time and space. Even the maths are sublime; 150,000,000km (distance to sun), 300,000KM p/s (speed of light) = 500s. I believe that being in flight and looking out over the clouds to be one of the most profound and awe-inspiring experiences available to man. To create this painting I analysed footage taken from a powerful, quad-copter drone which had ascended above the clouds. The piece is also inspired by a painting I analysed in the final room of the Georgia O’Keefe show at Tate Modern, London 2016 which was in turn influenced by Rothko who is one the prime influences on my Painting Is Infinite series.

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The work of David O’Malley (BA)Hons has featured in the prestigious John Moores Painting Prize, Royal Academy of Arts, Cork Street, Sky Arts, Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries amongst a multitide of other exhibitions. His work been selling internationally 2008. His paintings The artist originates from the coast of Lancashire, studied Fine Art in the Northeast of England, before moving to London where he remained for numerous years. Prior to the pandemic, he left the capital for County Durham. "Essentially I am drawn to the power of vastness and the context of the wider picture; the compelling journey from that which is constricted within, to the cusp of the infinite. An existential dialectic may be detected from ruminations on the metaphysical aspects of time and space. I seek to instil a pure sense of wonder in my work intended to guide the viewer to tap into the sublime, celebrating the mental faculty that enables man to be transported by Art. I am particularly fond of a David Lynch quote postulating that the restrictions of the film making process do not apply to the field of painting and that indeed ‘painting is infinite’. The ultimately levelling template of the void is inherent at the core of everything i make."

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