Merge Painting

This is an original unframed work painted in gouache on watercolour paper. It is part of a series inspired initially by the sunlight shining through a green blind in Granada. The paintings have many physical layers of paint, and the earlier layers have been washed off and another layer painted on top. This gives the paintings a great depth and power even though they are painted in a medium associated with delicacy. The series has the title "Open to few", from the words of the poet Pedro Soto de Rojas, "A paradise closed to many, a garden open to few." When I lived in Granada I would walk in the afternoons and look through wrought iron bars or a half open door into the enclosed gardens (Carmen) where I could glimpse a beautiful, unreachable paradise. They look best mounted very simply in a frame but no mount. The paper should fixed slightly raised from the support card and the glass held in a slight box frame so as not to touch the paper. Then the paper can be seen in all its beauty, including the edges. This series of work has been exhibited at the Museo de Jaen in the exhibition Cantes de Ida y Vuelta 2010.

Painting:Gouache on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:5.7 W x 6.1 H x 0.1 D in

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