Original artwork description:

“On Summer Day” is an acrylic, oil and encaustic painting 80cms H x 60cms W x 2.5cms D on exhibition quality canvas. The painting is built in layers over a lightly primed canvas. I work directly over the canvas using brushes, knives, cloths and squeegees to manage layers of acrylic and oil paint and cold wax. It is a continuous process of ‘correction’. I erase and rub away surfaces to reveal what is hidden. 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.
The painting is inspired by landscape and the atmosphere of warm summer days in England. Much of my work is inspired by music and the written word. “On Summer Day” takes inspiration from the poetry of 17th century poet John Donne. John Donne’s poem ‘The Sun Rising’ challenges and elevates the importance and power of love above work, duty, and even the natural rhythms of the day itself, he wants to bend the rules of the universe. Rather than allowing the sun's "motions" across the sky to govern the way he spends his time.
“Love, all alike, no season knows nor clime, Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.
Thine age asks ease, and since thy duties be , To warm the world, that's done in warming us.”
I continue to look at the abstract expressionists for inspiration ie: Mark Rothko, Hans Hoffman, Elizabeth Frankenthaler, Howard Hodgkin and Gillian Ayres.
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 £75

Materials used:

Acrylic, oil and encaustic on canvas

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