166. Rudbeckia - In the Round
Acrylic on canvas
500mm diameter
(587mm diameter framed)
SOLD
Exhibited at The Wynd Window Display, 30th March -9th April 2026
A return to the Rudbeckia series of paintings. This piece was Initially inspired by a circular gold frame that my wife gave me. This frame was part of a job lot of lace and one of the pieces was in this gold frame. I ran through a few ideas of what I could paint but thought the Rudbeckia idea would help modernise quite a traditional looking frame.
A subsequent motivation reared its head during production. This was that I had been allocated a 2-week window display slot at the Wynd gallery in Letchworth. What better way to create a striking spring display than parading several of my Rudbeckia pieces all at once. I have a diamond shaped one, a square one and now a round one – all very ‘play school’. Fingers crossed it looks good.
I had two new takes on the subject matter. Firstly, to substitute the usual red-grey shadow with a gold paint to match the frame. Secondly, distort the image as though seen through a fisheye lense. Here, I felt influenced by Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini portrait (painting of a married couple) where the distorting mirror in-between the couple reveal their backs and the artist beyond.
Artistic decisions needed here included how much of the flowers image to use to sell the distortion and indeed the level of distortion. Once one had googled the appropriate photoshop techniques and generated the final image distorting one of my earlier paintings it was a case of printing out, tracing and painting keeping an eye on line quality and shape.
Very pleased with the result, and lucky my Rich Gold (Micaceous) paint matched the frame so well.
500mm diameter
(587mm diameter framed)
SOLD
Exhibited at The Wynd Window Display, 30th March -9th April 2026
A return to the Rudbeckia series of paintings. This piece was Initially inspired by a circular gold frame that my wife gave me. This frame was part of a job lot of lace and one of the pieces was in this gold frame. I ran through a few ideas of what I could paint but thought the Rudbeckia idea would help modernise quite a traditional looking frame.
A subsequent motivation reared its head during production. This was that I had been allocated a 2-week window display slot at the Wynd gallery in Letchworth. What better way to create a striking spring display than parading several of my Rudbeckia pieces all at once. I have a diamond shaped one, a square one and now a round one – all very ‘play school’. Fingers crossed it looks good.
I had two new takes on the subject matter. Firstly, to substitute the usual red-grey shadow with a gold paint to match the frame. Secondly, distort the image as though seen through a fisheye lense. Here, I felt influenced by Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini portrait (painting of a married couple) where the distorting mirror in-between the couple reveal their backs and the artist beyond.
Artistic decisions needed here included how much of the flowers image to use to sell the distortion and indeed the level of distortion. Once one had googled the appropriate photoshop techniques and generated the final image distorting one of my earlier paintings it was a case of printing out, tracing and painting keeping an eye on line quality and shape.
Very pleased with the result, and lucky my Rich Gold (Micaceous) paint matched the frame so well.
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The picture in it's matching frame.
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