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Woman Reading on the Beach at Iona. Painting
United Kingdom
Painting, Acrylic on Plastic
Size: 23 W x 16.7 H x 0.1 D in
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A painting in acrylic on laminate of a scene from my travels in the Inner Hebrides. Outcrops of volcanic rock characterise the landscape, weathered and eroded by sea, sand, glaciation and wind. Regular brick-like shapes are formed by erosion along natural fissures. Rock outcrops afford shelter from the often stiff sea breezes for beach lovers. Hardy plants cling to the rocky surfaces. If you look hard enough into the eroded rock formations you will see hints of many colours within the apparently grey rock. This is what caught my eye and inspired the painting. I have attempted to invite viewers to appreciate the form, colour, texture and age of the rocks. Geologists love this area and in fact the oldest rocks on Iona are over 200 million years old. The composition, although entitled 'Woman reading on the beach at Iona', in fact puts the eroded rocks as a dominant feature in the foreground in bright and vivid colours, whilst the human figure is relegated to the top left background of the painting.
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Painting:Acrylic on Plastic
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:23 W x 16.7 H x 0.1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
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My work is primarily figurative – landscapes, portraits and narrative paintings in oil, acrylic and gouache. I never tire of the challenge of rendering a subject in a ‘realistic’ manner whilst at the same time weaving in a story, mood and personality to the piece. In the more narrative compositions, I have attempted to invite the viewer to construct the ‘story’ in their own minds from the content of the picture. My portraits seek by use of pose, composition, colour and tone to give an understanding of the subject’s character beyond the physical likeness. In my landscapes I like to convey the atmosphere and mood of the environment, so the viewer ‘feels’ as much as ‘views’. I work in my garden studio in Kingston on Thames, and my work can be viewed at ricksmithart.webnode.com
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