Fast Flowing River Painting

This painting is currently on loan to an International law firm in the City and is still available to buy. However, it will only be available to deliver from January 2022. It was selected for the RA Summer Exhibition in 2019. The subject is a fast flowing river. The price includes a white wood tray frame, as shown. This collection of Artwork relates to her interest in Encaustic painting - an ancient technique that uses multiple layers of heated beeswax, to which pigments and mixed media are added. This painting however is in Oil, Acrylic and digital media on canvas. Katy's paintings in Oil and Acrylic take inspiration from the qualities inherent in the Encaustic process. Here, she also aims for a translucent, shimmering quality so that within the finished image the viewer can see or partially see what has gone on before. The multi layers act like windows upon windows. By this process, the artwork transmutes into a mysterious, unknown new entity that is much more than the sum of its parts. Akin to Alchemy, it is a seemingly magical process of transformation. The subject is at once recognisable and yet not quite recognisable; occupying the space of metaphor and yet drawing inspiration from the natural world. Katy is interested in all that is fleeting. Whether the subjects are clouds scudding over pools, gushing water or shadows hovering on a spring day; perhaps it is in these elusive and transitory events that Eternity can be glimpsed.