46. Inside the Old Cinema
50cm high x 50cm wide
Mixed Media (Interactive Acrylic, cardboard, modelling compound on canvas)
2013
£250
Exhibited at the Eagle Gallery “The Garden and Beyond” Andrew Naish one man show 12th – 19th October 2013
Exhibited at the Eagle Gallery "Texture" show 27th October - 20th November 2014
Exhibited at the Eagle Gallery members' show 6th January - 1st February 2018
Exhibited at the Eagle Gallery “Members' Show” 20th June – 13th July 2023
I had always envisaged “Last Chance for Screen Three” as part of a series of paintings. With the October 2013 one-man show booked in at the Eagle Gallery, I thought that I would have a small bit of wall space dedicated to these texture paintings.
With this in mind a group of four would look good, and so three more were required which I produced concurrently. “Inside the Old Cinema” was the final one completed and appealed to me as the colouring of the figures sort of resembled some classical painting.
It was adapted from a grainy i-phone photograph, which I had taken in the remains of the old Odeon cinema in St. Albans on an open day to promote the new Oddysey cinema. It depicts young people ascending the staircase from the stalls up to the foyer area. The cinema is built on a steep sloped bit of land, so the main entrance at street level is in line with the circle, so one had to descend to the stalls, or more recently the three other screens of the subdivided cinema.
I like the fact that the kids depicted were probably not born when the cinema closed, yet because of the open day had the opportunity to have a relationship with the structure. They could be “the famous five go exploring”. They almost seem oblivious to the decay around them – but I think that just adds interest.
I’ve tried to stick with the same language as “Last chance for Screen Three” as in the building itself is textured using modelling compound while the figures and detail are flat canvas. I’ve also used strips of cardboard to define the doorway frame and the door in the side wall, and numerous pieces of canvas defining the peeling ceiling and wall surface.
Are they all related? Are they just friends? I love it when a picture posses more questions than it answers.
Mixed Media (Interactive Acrylic, cardboard, modelling compound on canvas)
2013
£250
Exhibited at the Eagle Gallery “The Garden and Beyond” Andrew Naish one man show 12th – 19th October 2013
Exhibited at the Eagle Gallery "Texture" show 27th October - 20th November 2014
Exhibited at the Eagle Gallery members' show 6th January - 1st February 2018
Exhibited at the Eagle Gallery “Members' Show” 20th June – 13th July 2023
I had always envisaged “Last Chance for Screen Three” as part of a series of paintings. With the October 2013 one-man show booked in at the Eagle Gallery, I thought that I would have a small bit of wall space dedicated to these texture paintings.
With this in mind a group of four would look good, and so three more were required which I produced concurrently. “Inside the Old Cinema” was the final one completed and appealed to me as the colouring of the figures sort of resembled some classical painting.
It was adapted from a grainy i-phone photograph, which I had taken in the remains of the old Odeon cinema in St. Albans on an open day to promote the new Oddysey cinema. It depicts young people ascending the staircase from the stalls up to the foyer area. The cinema is built on a steep sloped bit of land, so the main entrance at street level is in line with the circle, so one had to descend to the stalls, or more recently the three other screens of the subdivided cinema.
I like the fact that the kids depicted were probably not born when the cinema closed, yet because of the open day had the opportunity to have a relationship with the structure. They could be “the famous five go exploring”. They almost seem oblivious to the decay around them – but I think that just adds interest.
I’ve tried to stick with the same language as “Last chance for Screen Three” as in the building itself is textured using modelling compound while the figures and detail are flat canvas. I’ve also used strips of cardboard to define the doorway frame and the door in the side wall, and numerous pieces of canvas defining the peeling ceiling and wall surface.
Are they all related? Are they just friends? I love it when a picture posses more questions than it answers.