76. Berliner Dom (Urban 1)
50cm high x 70cm wide
Acrylic on deep edged canvas (54.5cm x 74,5cm framed)
2015
£250
Exhibited at the Eagle Gallery "Urban and Rural" Sat 19th - Saturday 26th September 2015
Exhibited at Patchings Festival (The Artist Exhibition) Calverton June 9th - July 24th 2016
Exhibited at 'Optimis' office Bedford September 2017 to September 2018
Exhibited at the Eagle Gallery "Members' Show" October 22nd - 15th November 2018
Please see 72. Winter in Belper (Rural 1) for a background to this series of Urban and Rural Paintings.
So with 4 rural paintings completed, I really needed to complete some urban ones so that I would have an exhibition to show.
First one out of the hat (remember I had pre-composed these paintings some weeks previously) was a view in Berlin.
Squeezing the image into a landscape format was slightly tricky as it meant loosing both sky and water that added nice elements to the piece. I grew more attached to this piece in its landscape crop as time progressed however; as I felt the composition reflected the claustrophobia that the old building might feel in its urban surround.
Unfortunately the piece overran its allotted time slot as I got bogged down in detail. I do feel it was worth the effort though, as the detail provides much of the interest, and if I have five paintings on each side of the gallery rather than ten, it would still work as an exhibition.
Giving the painting a title engendered much forehead rubbing. My wife came up with the wonderful “Re-writing History” (which I must use at some point). I discounted this as I think the building work was more to do with repairing services around the waterway than creating big new buildings. I even toyed with “Berlin Rape” as I had just completed “Oilseed Rape” but that was too emotive. So the answer was to keep it simple and google the name of the building represented. ‘Berliner Dom’ is the German name for this Cathedral, and so problem solved.
Acrylic on deep edged canvas (54.5cm x 74,5cm framed)
2015
£250
Exhibited at the Eagle Gallery "Urban and Rural" Sat 19th - Saturday 26th September 2015
Exhibited at Patchings Festival (The Artist Exhibition) Calverton June 9th - July 24th 2016
Exhibited at 'Optimis' office Bedford September 2017 to September 2018
Exhibited at the Eagle Gallery "Members' Show" October 22nd - 15th November 2018
Please see 72. Winter in Belper (Rural 1) for a background to this series of Urban and Rural Paintings.
So with 4 rural paintings completed, I really needed to complete some urban ones so that I would have an exhibition to show.
First one out of the hat (remember I had pre-composed these paintings some weeks previously) was a view in Berlin.
Squeezing the image into a landscape format was slightly tricky as it meant loosing both sky and water that added nice elements to the piece. I grew more attached to this piece in its landscape crop as time progressed however; as I felt the composition reflected the claustrophobia that the old building might feel in its urban surround.
Unfortunately the piece overran its allotted time slot as I got bogged down in detail. I do feel it was worth the effort though, as the detail provides much of the interest, and if I have five paintings on each side of the gallery rather than ten, it would still work as an exhibition.
Giving the painting a title engendered much forehead rubbing. My wife came up with the wonderful “Re-writing History” (which I must use at some point). I discounted this as I think the building work was more to do with repairing services around the waterway than creating big new buildings. I even toyed with “Berlin Rape” as I had just completed “Oilseed Rape” but that was too emotive. So the answer was to keep it simple and google the name of the building represented. ‘Berliner Dom’ is the German name for this Cathedral, and so problem solved.