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Painting, Oil on Canvas
Size: 90.6 W x 59.1 H x 2.8 D in
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This large oil painting is one of a series submitted for the Bachelor of Arts degree exhibition, and has since been exhibited at the University of Hertfordshire on a number of exhibitions of graduates works. 'Throwing Stones' (the original title) made reference to one of the method of communication between native american tribes (now referred to as First Nation). I used mixed media, acrylic and oil paint, with resin on guesso on canvas to make this large painting 230cm x 162cm/90 5/16in x 63 5/8in In the early 70s I worked in a children's home in Vancouverand and then came into contact with the children of the 'First Nation'. Because of my involvement with them I was drawn to study their cultural history. The stones were one means of communication. My research for my degree led to the following: ‘... inscribing diagrams of social relationship on the skins of animals implies totemic ideas: in other words, identification of the social group with the animal upon whose skin it is projected...Totemism... …The spinal column of the human figure thus takes on a special symbolical significance as a line of division between the social conditions united in the body…’ Schuster and Carpenter: 1996, Patterns that connect, social symbolism in ancient and tribal art. Harry Adams Inc, New York, USA p173-4
Original Created:1999
Subjects:Abstract
Painting:Oil on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:90.6 W x 59.1 H x 2.8 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
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Following a career in London I went to the University of Hertfordshire as a full time student on the BA(Hons) Degree in Fine Art. My large painting, 'Present Tense Ronda', from that Degree Show is now exhibited in the University's Fine Art Department, and the large painting 'Diner Party', from the same Degree Show, assisted in my application in taking up full time study for the Masters Degree in Fine Art Practice at Central Saint Martins, London. I worked from a studio in Hackney, London, and became involved in a number of art projects including the development of an original Victorian area of Kings Cross in London. Whilst at the University I worked in the printing department using silk screen and photo-etchings techniques in my paintings. The paintings "Breaking Boundaries", "OldWorld/NewWorld", "The Labyrinth" and "Marks in the Sand", are large paintings which incorporate printmaking. The paintings refer to my experience of working in a childrens' home in Vancouver in the early 1970s. The children were of all ages, and were from very different backgrounds and cultures. Sadly I returned to the UK because of ill health and I did not return to Vancouver until 2010. It was on that flight in mid summer, when travelling over Iceland, and Greenland and the Polar Ice Cap, that I could clearly see the glaciers and the rivers of ice falling into the seas below. These aerial views inspired the first of the "Ice Flo" series.
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