Original artwork description:

“Wet Beach” is an acrylic on canvas painting 89cmsHx89cmsWx2cmsD. It is stretched on a custom made wooden stretcher with steel corner and side braces. (Please see photographs). The canvas is exhibition quality.
The painting is inspired by a series of photographs taken in Summer 2021 from the dunes overlooking the beach at Birkdale Beach, Southport, North West U.K. It is a beach painting. The initial stages of the work began with drawings and colour studies which in turn evolved into a stylised interpretation of reflected light and colour. Although the focus of the painting relates to the colour and light of a brilliant summer’s day, it can also be seen as a semi-abstract colour composition.
My paintings are about atmospheres and the atmosphere here is one of contemplation and meditative, considered thought. The experience of making a painting like this is less to do with replication of what exists ‘on the surface’ and more to do with the pervading ambience, tone or mood of a place. The distinctive atmosphere or quality that seems to surround and be generated by a location and that aura is hopefully represented in composition and colour. I build my paintings in layers of thin, transparent washes of colour combined with and overworked with impasto applications. I use brushes, knives and cloths. I let the paint take its own course. I like the process of painting, so I purposefully leave in the traces of its behaviour such as the marks of knife and brush and the stream and trickle of diluted pigment. I respect and work with the nature of paint. I am continually inspired by modernists and colourists Barbara Rae, Howard Hodgkin, Gillian Ayres , John Hoyland and Mark Rothko. I look to the Impressionists to enjoy their visual responses to light and colour.
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 on canvas

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