Original artwork description:

“THE PRAYER – Part Two” is an acrylic and mixed media painting on canvas 89cmsW x 102cmsH x 2cmsD . The canvas is stretched over a custom frame and supported by steel corner braces. “The Prayer – Part Two” . 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. 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.
I begin by soaking the thinly primed canvas with dichlorotriazine dyes which saturate and bleed into the working area. I work over the dyed canvas using brushes, knives, cloths and squeegees to manage impasto and diluted layers of acrylic paint and cold wax. As the composition emerges the text is added at different points. It is a continuous process of ‘correction’. At different stages I add crushed sea shells and crackle paste to the paint to create heavier surfaces. It is through a process of layering, sanding and scratching into the surface, cancellation and improvisation that the image resolves itself. The work is also inspired by reference to abstract expressionists John Hoyland, Barnett Newman, Franz Kline, 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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