96. The Great Outdoors
Interactive Acrylic on Deep Edged canvas, 600 mm x 600 mm unframed
2017
£230
Exhibited at Eagle Gallery members exhibition (23rd July - 19th August 2017)
Exhibited at 'Optimis' office Bedford January - September 2018
Exhibited at "The Butterfly and St. Paul's", Eagle Gallery, Sat 11th - Sat 18th May 2019
Exhibited at The Workhouse Summer Open (July 2nd - 17th August 2019)
Exhibited at Eagle Gallery members exhibition (11th April - 12th May 2022)
Exhibited at the Eagle Gallery "Members Show" Saturday 16th November - Tuesday 24th December 2024
This view is taken from just off the approach roads to Mount Snowden in Wales. It was a very wild feeling place, with all the natural elements bombarding you from all sides, hence the title “The Great Outdoors”.
I originally started the piece as a quick solution to get work for an up-coming Eagle Gallery general show. Alas, life took over and I missed the deadline. It was resurrected some months later, where I painted on top of the already completed first coat – shape defining under-painting. The aim was to be quite loose with the painting to emphasise the wild nature of the scene.
So it is quite a straightforward piece – utilising a photo of mine with a stock canvas. There is no real message here – just a view to behold, which is sometimes enough.
2017
£230
Exhibited at Eagle Gallery members exhibition (23rd July - 19th August 2017)
Exhibited at 'Optimis' office Bedford January - September 2018
Exhibited at "The Butterfly and St. Paul's", Eagle Gallery, Sat 11th - Sat 18th May 2019
Exhibited at The Workhouse Summer Open (July 2nd - 17th August 2019)
Exhibited at Eagle Gallery members exhibition (11th April - 12th May 2022)
Exhibited at the Eagle Gallery "Members Show" Saturday 16th November - Tuesday 24th December 2024
This view is taken from just off the approach roads to Mount Snowden in Wales. It was a very wild feeling place, with all the natural elements bombarding you from all sides, hence the title “The Great Outdoors”.
I originally started the piece as a quick solution to get work for an up-coming Eagle Gallery general show. Alas, life took over and I missed the deadline. It was resurrected some months later, where I painted on top of the already completed first coat – shape defining under-painting. The aim was to be quite loose with the painting to emphasise the wild nature of the scene.
So it is quite a straightforward piece – utilising a photo of mine with a stock canvas. There is no real message here – just a view to behold, which is sometimes enough.