Cornish pilchard Painting

I'm currently working with disused surfboards which is a topical and local material to most surfing locations around the world but in particular to me as I live on the Cornish coast - a surfing hotspot in the UK. I work on boards that can no longer be surfed but I save them from landfill which is a key reason, but also their shape and the environment in which they're used is so suitable for combining them with fish imagery. It's an original concept that makes a statement - particularly if multiple images are combined to suggest a 'shoal'. It initiates conversation and thought about the marine environment in a conceptual way about how both fish and surfboard shapes are both designed to glide through water, the iridescent paint that I use is to capture and reflect light in exactly the same way that it's used naturally on a fish for camouflage and the use of plastic in the sea. If I have a complete board then it enables me to give an impression of a whole fish but also the broken nose part of a board is perfect for depicting a fish head. My husband is a fisherman and we surf as a family so everything about my art is personal to me and my family.

Painting:Acrylic on Other

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:18.5 W x 18.1 H x 1.6 D in

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