Original artwork description:

“In The Wink Of An Eye” is an acrylic, encaustic and mixed media painting 91cms H x 102cms W x 1.5cms D on exhibition quality canvas. The painting is built in layers over a lightly primed canvas allowing dichlorotriazine dyes to saturate and bleed into the working area. I work over the dyed canvas using brushes, knives, cloths and squeegees to manage layers of acrylic paint and cold wax. It is a continuous process of ‘correction’. I continually erase and rub away surfaces to reveal what is hidden. At different stages I add crushed sea shells to the paint to create heavier surfaces. The boundaries of what can be managed in a painting present a constant challenge to me and through a process of layering, cancellation and improvisation my intention is always to test such boundaries.
Much of my work is inspired by music and the written word. “In The Wink Of An Eye” takes inspiration from the poetry of Roy Harper directly from his epic composition “The Game – parts 1-5” 1975. Some of Roy Harper’s lyrics are used in the image.
“The next age is born and the old hands are gone and done in the wink of an eye, No point in passing bad reason good guessing, no time for massing much more than can flourish with love”
The painting was also inspired by reflecting on the notion of the pace of change, sometimes from a position of stability to one of chaos beyond our personal control. What we don’t/can’t see coming. What we can impact positively on. The painting is purposefully equivocal. It is intentionally ambiguous. It doesn’t define an outcome or solution. It presents a very natural human condition. The formal elements of the work suggest openings, entrances and doorways. The colours and surfaces are blurred and almost ambient. The composition of shapes creates ambiguous relationships that question the principles of perceptual organisation.
The work is also inspired by reference to abstract expressionists John Hoyland, Barbara Rae, Elizabeth Frankenthaler, Barnett Newman, Hans Hoffman, Robert Motherwell and Mark Rothko.
The painting is shipped in a robust custom made cardboard crate (same as those used to transport large screens). The painting is bubble wrapped to protect the canvas. Further wrapping is made with corrugated card. A wooden frame is placed inside the cardboard crate to preserve the structural strength of the packaging. Each painting is insured to its sale value. Shipping costs within the U.K. take into consideration weight and insurance. U.K. shipping costs for this artwork are £90.

Materials used:

Acrylic , mixed media and encaustic on canvas

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