Title
In ore
Description
This project gave me time to practice my painting skills. Painting all day, every day for about 4 months...usually about 200m+ above sea level. I was hunting out old mining remains, researching a dying culture by painting it's location and remains.
I was also researching JWM Turner. I was looking at the aspect of him that relates to anyone who has acquired a great level of skill over a lifetime. I had a copy of his inventory of 19000 sketches, capturing his development of an expressive language for the mountainous areas of Scotland, The Lake District and the Alps. He spent many months, enduring adverse weather conditions and exposure.
To better understand the man, I wished to also immerse myself in this type of landscape. He often portrayed ancient world of the Greek myths, or aspects of technological change in his contemporary environment, such as steam engines. He also depicted the dying of old technologies and ways of life.
I exhibited this work, with grand framing, echoing the grandness with which paintings were treated in Turner's era.
I was also researching JWM Turner. I was looking at the aspect of him that relates to anyone who has acquired a great level of skill over a lifetime. I had a copy of his inventory of 19000 sketches, capturing his development of an expressive language for the mountainous areas of Scotland, The Lake District and the Alps. He spent many months, enduring adverse weather conditions and exposure.
To better understand the man, I wished to also immerse myself in this type of landscape. He often portrayed ancient world of the Greek myths, or aspects of technological change in his contemporary environment, such as steam engines. He also depicted the dying of old technologies and ways of life.
I exhibited this work, with grand framing, echoing the grandness with which paintings were treated in Turner's era.
Location
Completed in various remote sites in Cumbria.
Previously exhibited at The Makers Mill, Keswick, Northern Lights Gallery, Keswick, Upfront Gallery, Penrith, and Cumbria Life House & Garden Show, Rheged (all in 2019).
Coming soon to Fulton’s Lakes Jewellery Works, Keswick.
Previously exhibited at The Makers Mill, Keswick, Northern Lights Gallery, Keswick, Upfront Gallery, Penrith, and Cumbria Life House & Garden Show, Rheged (all in 2019).
Coming soon to Fulton’s Lakes Jewellery Works, Keswick.
Year
2019