The Lovers - 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 gsm 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 400 gsm 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 The idea and inspiration for this painting, ‘The Lovers’ I owe to a work entitled ‘The Wedded’ painted in1882 by Lord Fredric Leighton (1830 - 1896). Leighton’s grandfather was principal physician to the Russian royal family. He became wealthy and his fortune allowed his grandson the means to pursue a career as an artist. Fredric Leighton became successful. His first painting was bought by Queen Victoria. And although he never married (rumour and conjecture about his sexuality) he was, later in life, ennobled. My journey, with this particular work, began with the discovery of a rock-hewn vista with cascading water. It grabbed my attention and I figured that it might just be the foundation or starting point for a new painting. I must have planned and compiled a dozen or more variations. Each utilising this landscape as the background to which I added an assortment of characters in the hope that I might conjure up that - Ahh! - moment when all the ducks line up and you realise that cor’ blimey you‘ve cracked it! Problem was, although all the ducks lined up I didn’t get that - Ahh! - moment. Then I remembered Freddie Leighton and everything fell into place. Leighton was principally a Pre-Raphaelite. In ‘The Wedded’ he paints his figures in a style that replicates Renaissance ideology and romanticism. His focus of attention is a young couple locked in embrace. So, to fit the parameters of my chosen canvas, I tore the landscape background apart and re-assembled it then set about finding ‘the couple’ who would be the principal focus in my picture. Back in Freddie Leighton‘s time he would have hired models and props but in the 21st. Century that’s no longer possible. Too expensive. So, my couple are drawn together from different heads, bodies, limbs and costume paraphernalia in the same way a Frankenstein-like surgeon would stitch together their creatures. And like the good doctor I hope mine breathe life and you, the viewer, will fall in love with them.

Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper

Size:10 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in

Size with Frame:15.25 W x 15.25 H x 1.2 D in

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