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United Kingdom
Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 30 W x 40 H x 2.5 D in
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A homage to family and the support of loved ones and the 16th century Italian painter Orazio Gentileschi. The artist was reknowed for his religious images, particularly of St Francis of Assisi and his visions of spiritual beings. The modern day father is slumped over in dispair while his child offers support and comfort. The child is wearing a school backpack, a strikingly similar feature to the angel's wings in Gentileschi's work. Resembling the monk's religious habit, the modern Dad is wearing a bath robe over his clothing. Look closely at the child's facial expression, undistracted and clearly focused on her father. I prefer to paint in glazes, a common master's technique that allows each colour its own dimension through the layer above and below. It gives depth and colour intensity to the overall painting, and is meant to illuminate from within. The dark background is also a borrowed technique from the masters called chiaroscuro. Keeping the background relatively dark allows the central figures to remain lit, illuminated and the objects of attention.
Painting:Acrylic on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:30 W x 40 H x 2.5 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Yes
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My painting practice has been split into two distinctly different processes: Firstly, traditional painting on canvas displayed on the wall; and secondly, the creation of hybrid painting which focuses on process and the materiality of acrylic/latex paint. The latter uses steel mesh rather than canvas and is formed into large scale 3-d floor paintings. The former process, traditional painting on canvas, is my current practice. My current research involves collecting personal interviews from friends and family about their memories of childhood, coupled with tangible materials such as photographs, postcards, letters, diaries, maps, vintage objects etc. My research is then collated to construct a contextual framework, a narrative that will become a series of painted works. The work is testimony to preservation and/or deterioration of memory through time, the impact of trauma, and the surrounding environment. My research has revealed a drastic polarity between my own memories of a past event, and that of others who experienced the same event. This series of figurative paintings, which is still work in progress, infers a state of suspension; a presence that is captured within a memory, or the perception of what that memory was. My first series of paintings called Quell 1 and Quell 2, demonstrates the beginning of my exploration into the theme of memory, and the compositional challenges that are presented to me as a contemporary painter.
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