Clyde Painting

Part of a series of map works on steel exploring the rivers around England and Scotland experienced in the pursuit of new life.  This piece has been worked with a special blend of acids, wax, marble dust, oil paint and heat until the surface resembles the landscape around the River Clyde as experienced by the artist, combining the physical and temporal memory. The Clyde is represented in EL Wire which when turned on, emits an ambient, luminescence.  British made steel is an important material to the artist after, as a child, she watched the space-suited workers and furnaces in the huge, landscape dominating, rolling mills at Ravenscraig and Scunthorpe where her dad worked. The lasting impact of these visceral images of metal, fire, smog and secretive worlds were melded at some point with the monotony and sterility of motorway lights seen from the back seat window on the way to the next new life from the last redundancy. Told that the steel works would soon be empty but the next town was filled with promise was a perpetual story.  The current collection studies this common experience of momentum from life-to-life and the pursuit of material certainty and is part of a series of map works on steel exploring the rivers around England and Scotland experienced in the pursuit of new life.  The piece is framed in aluminium and is protected against UV light and dust by multiple layers of varnish. It comes ready to hang and you are provided with a suitable inverter and mains driver should you wish to display with the light on. Signed by the artist. Will be shipped in a custom made crate to arrive undamaged. One of the images shows the inverter exit from base of frame. Can be tucked under frame if not in use. Wire is transparent and is supplied as 2m long - please contact if an alternative size required. Plugs into a small mains unit and then into a standard plug socket.