From Which You Were Hewn

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From Which You Were Hewn

This canvas began life in the early 1980s when I was painting in Milton Keynes.  It moved, unpainted, to North Oxford and then to Cowley.  Something of its journey spoke to me of the journey to life itself.  In this calm, which reminds me of my loved Lake District, I see Creator God. 

Yet, the viewer must look carefully.  What appear to be mountains are bodies.  The foreground mountain is the bowed head, stretched arms and upper back of a dancer from the Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre, a company devoted to dancers of colour.  The mountain in the background is the side of a man, with the left incline his thigh, moving up to the plateau of the waist, rising with the torso to a raised arm reaching into the skies. 

The title comes from Isaiah 51, a plea for the created to remember their creator.  From that creator rises life, hinting to the bodies seen in the shape of the rocks in this work.  Mounting on slate finished the journey of this canvas while emphasising the rock supporting all creations and journeys.

Oil on stretched canvas mounted on slate

1999

25 x 51cm

£900

 
 

Please contact me if you would like prints. The following formats are available. All prints on paper are sold on ivory mounting board. Frames may be ordered. Prints on canvas are stretched on wood.

Art Prints: Art Prints are created with laser printers onto quality wood pulp art paper.

Gallery Poster: Gallery Poster is a typical art gallery format with laser printer on poster paper, supplied rolled in a tube.

Giclee Prints: Giclee Prints are inkjet sprayed onto quality cotton rag paper. They’re known for their vibrant colours, fine details, and archival quality. The term "giclee" comes from the French word meaning "to spray," referring to the precise inkjet spraying process used in their production. They’re guaranteed to last at least 100 years (though no one’s been alive long enough since development to know…)

Embellished Giclee Prints: Embellished Giclee Prints are customised by me adding details, textures, or hand-drawn elements to make each cotton paper print unique. The result is a print that combines the advantages of digital printing with a personal touch.

Giclee Prints on Canvas: Giclee Prints are inkjet sprayed onto artist canvas material. This gives the print a texture and appearance similar to a traditional painting on canvas so that they resemble original paintings.

Embellished Giclee Prints on Canvas: Embellished Giclee Prints on Canvas are customised by me adding details, textures, or hand-painted elements to make each print unique. Embellishments added on top of canvas give the print a more three-dimensional painterly effect.