Original artwork description:

"A Cardboard Story" was selected and displayed by The Royal Society of British Artists for their 2021 exhibition at The Mall Gallery in London.

I met Simon in 2020 on the streets of Southampton. It was a really cold day and it had just started to rain. We spoke about his journey to where he was and like many homeless people that I have met the journey was a sad and lonely one where suddenly he found himself homeless and stuck in a deep hole that he was desperately trying to get out of.

I wanted to paint the background as cardboard as this was so prevalent in the homeless areas that I encountered and I also wanted to paint a glimpse of Simon's childhood and the feeling of loneliness.

I wanted to paint "A Cardboard Story" in a realism style using oil paints on canvas. I wanted to create a documentary of the consequences of poverty.
I primed the canvas in red paint and started building the layers of the oil painting initially using large brushes and gradually decreasing the size of the brushes until I used single hair brushes for the smallest of detail.

ORIGINAL ART BY James Earley- "A Cardboard Story" is an original oil painting. Only the highest quality archival fine art grade oil paints are used (Michael Harding Oil Paints).
The painting will come with a signed Certificate Of Authenticity.

READY TO HANG- The painting is framed in a hand crafted bespoke frame and is ready to hang.

SHIPPING- The painting is professionally packaged and shipped within 7 working days. The Tracking Code is provided

Materials used:

oil paint

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