126. St. Pauls
100cm x 100cm
Interactive Acrylics on deep edged canvas
SOLD
Exhibited at "The Butterfly and St. Paul's", Eagle Gallery, Sat 11th - Sat 18th May 2019
This picture shows the London skyline, as seen from the viewing platform at the top of Tate Modern. I visited on a glorious day, and the view was striking and quite abstract. There was so much visual information from this vantage point, I knew I’d have to heavily edit this down to a simpler story. I chose the famous centrepiece of St. Paul’s in its crowded surroundings. It interested me how dominant it still is amongst its more modern counterparts. The weekend hubbub of interested tourists passing over the millennium bridge highlight the status of this building.
The idea to adapt my photos from the day into a painting was born from the decision to do another solo exhibition at the Eagle Gallery in Bedford. I had two large canvases in stock and thought that I could base the exhibition around these two core pieces. I thought that an Agatha Christie type mystery book type title would serve as the title for the exhibition, and so “St. Paul's” from “The Butterfly and St. Paul's” became an ambition.
The production of the piece was a complex and time-consuming process. Initially blocking in the whole with key shapes. Followed by a more laborious building by building approach with different palettes and approaches to each. I utilised masking techniques, tracing processes and freehand painting too. It is after all a combination of different eras and approaches to building that I am depicting.
Only on nearing completion did I find that there was quality reference for this scene on line (useful in deciphering some of the final foreground elements). I’m genuinely pleased that I did not rely on this resource in any major way. This is not a record of the scene in the purist form; it is paint on canvas designed to insight emotion. There are many inaccuracies in this image – it is an analogue interpretation of a digital interpretation of an analogue scene.
I hope that you enjoy it.
Interactive Acrylics on deep edged canvas
SOLD
Exhibited at "The Butterfly and St. Paul's", Eagle Gallery, Sat 11th - Sat 18th May 2019
This picture shows the London skyline, as seen from the viewing platform at the top of Tate Modern. I visited on a glorious day, and the view was striking and quite abstract. There was so much visual information from this vantage point, I knew I’d have to heavily edit this down to a simpler story. I chose the famous centrepiece of St. Paul’s in its crowded surroundings. It interested me how dominant it still is amongst its more modern counterparts. The weekend hubbub of interested tourists passing over the millennium bridge highlight the status of this building.
The idea to adapt my photos from the day into a painting was born from the decision to do another solo exhibition at the Eagle Gallery in Bedford. I had two large canvases in stock and thought that I could base the exhibition around these two core pieces. I thought that an Agatha Christie type mystery book type title would serve as the title for the exhibition, and so “St. Paul's” from “The Butterfly and St. Paul's” became an ambition.
The production of the piece was a complex and time-consuming process. Initially blocking in the whole with key shapes. Followed by a more laborious building by building approach with different palettes and approaches to each. I utilised masking techniques, tracing processes and freehand painting too. It is after all a combination of different eras and approaches to building that I am depicting.
Only on nearing completion did I find that there was quality reference for this scene on line (useful in deciphering some of the final foreground elements). I’m genuinely pleased that I did not rely on this resource in any major way. This is not a record of the scene in the purist form; it is paint on canvas designed to insight emotion. There are many inaccuracies in this image – it is an analogue interpretation of a digital interpretation of an analogue scene.
I hope that you enjoy it.
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