Life is Full of Surprises - Limited Edition of 50 Print

My original paintings are available as Limited Edition prints. Each as authentic as the original and individually artisan produced in a choice of sizes, personally signed, numbered and certified. My fine art paper reproductions are printed using Canon Lucia EX pigment inks. The paper is a French made Cold Press style 320 gms textured Cotton Rag – acid and lignin free to ensure a very long life. My canvas reproductions use the same quality Canon Lucia inks printed on 430 gms Sihil Masterclass Cotton Poly Blend Canvas made, in Switzerland, by world-renown manufacturers. The canvas is spray coated with two coats of UV inhibiting, protective laminate ensuring a lifespan, under normal condition, of over 100 years. The same care and diligence is taken with the packaging of each Limited Edition print to ensure safe arrival at its destination. ABOUT THIS PAINTING I was born and grew up in the UK. There were no iPads, laptops or smartphones when I was a kid. Not even colour TV. At the age of 8 my imagination was ignited by comics. I spent my ‘Saturday Sixpence’ (morecommonly known as pocket-money) on The Dandy, Beano, Topper, Beezer or Eagle. Most were printed and published by D.C. Thomson in Dundee, Scotland. Of all places! Desperate Dan, Lord Snooty, Roger the Dodger, Oor Wullie and a host of others were the characterswho appeared on the pages and all created by the uniquely-gifted cartoonist, artist and story-teller Dudley Dexter Watkins. And then there were the purveyors of glamour, sexual innuendo and downright-slick advertising art – Pierre Brenot (in France) and Gil Elvgren (in America). Amongst a galaxy of others. I like this stuff and it, obviously after all these years, still ignites my imagination and influences the choice of themes and the subject matter in some of my paintings. But there‘s other stuff too that influences subject matter. Like the water dragon (indigenous lizard, top right) in this piece. They live on the banks of the lake on which my home and studio sit. Just a while ago one wandered, through an open door, into the kitchen. It was rattling around caught up in the venetian blind. It was only a young lizard, about 40 cms head to toe. I put a towel over it, bundled it up, took it outside and put it in a cab! The ‘put it in a cab’bit is a joke but I did take a picture of it which I’ve used as reference it in this painting. So, really my choices, the themes and the images I use come from ‘left field’ and are, in essence, a collision of ideas. I just muck around with them ‘til I’ve got something I’m half happy with that fits the parameters of the canvas. The title of this piece sums up exactly how this painting and the ideas that gave birth to it came about – ‘Life is Full of Surprises.’

Printmaking:Ink on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:50

Size:18 W x 24 H x 0 D in

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.