VIEW IN MY ROOM
France
Painting, Oil on Canvas
Size: 70.9 W x 36.2 H x 0.8 D in
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A visit to The Museum of Modern Art in Paris presented me with the opportunity to immerse myself in the world according to Raoul Dufy. His stunning work La Fée Electricité is the largest painting in the world. To sit and contemplate each brush stroke, each stroke of research behind each detail and the wonderful harmony of colours that wash across the vast surface of this work is an absorption of total joy! In feeling this sense of being overwhelmed, I also felt a strong connection with the other onlookers and observers in the room, each of us dwarfed by the looming figures of greatness that towered above us; each of us immersed into the swimming pool of history that the huge space giddily spun around us. My challenge was to reproduce the essence of the feeling of this total immersion and in no way attempt to replicate the detail of the work of Dufy. The reflection of the painting on the floor gave an even greater feeling of depth and vastness to the space and allowed an even greater ability to feel that one stood in the very centre of the history of the piece. Oil, to me, was the only choice of medium that could portray what I wanted to create. By building up layer upon layer of thin glazes I felt a sense of the transparency of light and colour I had experienced whilst standing in awe of Dufy's great work.
Multi-paneled Painting:Oil on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:70.9 W x 36.2 H x 0.8 D in
Number of Panels:2
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
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Ships From:France.
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Amanda Rackowe is an British-born artist, based in the Dordogne, France.. Born in 1964 in Oxfordshire, Amanda demonstrated a strong enthusiasm for drawing and painting as a child, winning several school and college art competitions, in which her unusual choice of subject matter often caused controversy between judges and the public alike. She pursued a career in theatre lighting and later in architectural lighting design. Throughout these years she continued to paint. Drawing inspiration from her career her take on her work is to ‘paint with light’; a concept that has become one of the influential factors in her painting. At a young age, Amanda had fallen upon the painting ‘Christina’s World’ by American artist, Andrew Wyeth - an early discovery that brought about an appreciation for sparse and open landscapes. The combination of these influential elements can be found in her work; appearing in her portrayal of the french landscapes she discovers on her travels and near her home, inspired by the light and expansive skies of particularly the Dordogne and Auvergne regions and the île d'Oléron. A nearby grain silo became a reoccurring element and subject of many of her paintings for over a decade, which enabled her to explore the effects of the changing light and seasons on the landscapes and skies surrounding it. In many of her stark landscapes, she poses reminders of a human presence; perhaps a lone figure, or a vehicle with illuminated headlamps standing in direct contrast to the natural light. The echoes of Man are never far away in her work; distant horizons punctuated by material elements, such as electricity pylons and wind generators, silos and telegraph poles. The diminishing perspective of the roads in the artist's works interpret a sense of constant continuation… often carrying a slight disquiet, reflecting our uncertainty as to where a road may lead us; a comment on our lives, an unfinished story with no defined ending. The roads of the Aquitaine landscape subsequently led to other places; into the city of Bordeaux, where the brutalist architecture, modernist bridges and Corbusier influenced buildings gave her the aspiration to find a new way to depict the scenes before her, many of which are often unconsidered in the blinkered vision of daily life. Here, the theme of isolation concurs within the crowded life of the city, hinted at amongst the concrete structures and hidden lives.
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