Original artwork description:

"The Prayer - study” is an acrylic study painting 30x40cms on 300gm canvas paper. It is set in an off-white card window mount 40.5 x 50.5cms and will fit into a standard frame made for A3 images. The painting is one of several studies made in preparation for a larger canvas painting.
Much of my work is inspired by music and the written word. “The Prayer” takes inspiration from the poetry of Roy Harper and in particular the 1973 epic song “The Lord’s Prayer” from the album “Life mask”. The song offers an interpretation of how we as humans, interact with our earth. Some of Roy Harper’s lyrics from the song appear in the image.
The painting is purposefully equivocal. It is intentionally ambiguous. The Lord’s Prayer relates to thanksgiving, forgiveness and for thanks for what we owe. It is a text that teaches us ‘how to pray’. This isn’t a religious painting, but it does attempt to express a degree of spirituality. It doesn’t define an outcome or solution. The painting, for me, is built around the notion of expectation and the hope for redemption and recovery. Such notions are ambivalent and ambiguous. It is a painting for contemplation and very much open to personal interpretation.
The work is also inspired by reference to abstract expressionists John Hoyland, Barnett Newman , Robert Motherwell and Mark Rothko,
The painting is shipped mounted in a large reinforced envelope.

Materials used:

Acrylic on 300gm canvas paper

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