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Gap Year Painting
United Kingdom
Painting, Oil on Canvas
Size: 59.1 W x 29.5 H x 2 D in
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My painting “Gap Year” draws inspiration from Hans Holbein’s Body of the "Dead Christ in the Tomb" and both the pose of the figure and the emphatic horizontals of the church steps can be equated with Holbein’s masterpiece. I wanted to connect with the pathos of the Holbein and suggest someone overwhelmed by excessive daytime sleepiness, a narcoleptic like the River Phoenix character in Gus Van Sant’s film “My Private Idaho”. This suggestion of a real or temporary death dwells on the bleak realities of modern society.
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Painting:Oil on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:59.1 W x 29.5 H x 2 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
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United Kingdom
Born in the UK in Manchester- now working from my Studio in St Ives. My oil paintings explore aspects of MELANCHOLIA using traditional methods of oil paint on canvas and on wooden panels. I work initially from pen and ink drawings that combine elements of my own figurative drawing with my photographs and found images. Working directly onto the support with oil glazes, I use these subverted images as the basis for a loose and immediate style of painting. Consequently the oil paintings have a freshness of execution despite the melancholic themes.
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