VIEW IN MY ROOM
LONDON...UNDERGROUND Painting
United Kingdom
Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Size: 13.8 W x 18.1 H x 0 D in
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About The Artwork
A painting in the Tate Modern in London, showing a WW1 dugout and trenches with a smoldering battle field, inspired me. I hope that they will be able to draw their own conclusions. There are aspects of conflict in the picture, but is not all doom and gloom. The makeshift underground living space provides cover and refuge for this couple. They are struggling in a changed city where the indigenous population has been pushed to the edge. Contrasting with the dark surroundings, the tunnel with it brightness, provides a degree of hope and safety. London city in the background does not look at all in trouble, disconnected from the inhabitants, existing on the edge. Windsor & Newton Cotman 140lb, Cold Pressed NOT paper was used. By using watercolor, you are able to let the paper do a lot of the work, with the subtle blending of dark and light. Although not a true chiaroscuro effect, non the less there is strong enough contrast to make it interesting.
Details & Dimensions
Painting:Watercolor on Paper
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:13.8 W x 18.1 H x 0 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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United Kingdom
My name is Stephen, but don't mind being called Steve. I was born at the end of 1959, but was meant to be a 60's baby. Bulawayo, in the then Southern Rhodesia, is my home town. I always liked drawing, but only began painting seriously with watercolor in 1986. I have always loved wildlife, specially birds. In Zimbabwe as Rhodesia became, birds are everywhere. I thought it would be easy to paint them from photographs, but that is not the way to go. You need to be able to show the real character of each species. I much admired and became inspired by such artists as D.M. Reid Henry and Cloe Talbot-Kelly. My early efforts were not good, but I tried to improve despite unrelenting criticism from birdwatching friends. On moving to the UK in 2007, I gave up illustrating wildlife all together. I began to explore abstract and modern art from artists like Kandinsky and Joan Miro. People fascinate me and the human form, both female and male are great subjects. I do not have a huge studio, only a bedsit. However...before you sign out, being self taught I do produce original work which is both intriguing and eye catching work.
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