Points

 
 

Points

I took a leap and started on six canvasses all at once. They were all the same size so I knew that they would all be related to each other.  I then did my tried and tested starting moves and painted out brushes from painting sessions where I’d been painting something I knew. I was having fun with a new technique of letting turpentine drip down the canvas and searching for shapes in what it randomly produced.  Then I started working into the shapes. As I did, a rainbow started to appear across all six canvasses, but not a rainbow in traditional shape or colour pattern.  The stripes of colour are not neatly in order. This began to speak to me theologically; no matter how we humans may like order, that desire is thrown over again and again.

Then I wanted the colours to sing, so I picked dots of the complimentary colour of the shapes already on the canvas.  Two complementary colours together make our eyes see the whole colour spectrum at one hit (talk to me…) and they vibrate together as they do that – making the colours sing. As I thought quite deliberately about where to put those points, the phrase of ‘Points on a Spectrum’ leaped into my head.  We’re all a point on a spectrum of educational gifts, a point on a spectrum of race/culture, a point on a spectrum of sexual/gender identity, a point on a spectrum of physical ability.  We are points, we don’t fit a neat order and we are unique no mater our similarities. But we fit - no matter how others who are points on their various spectrums make us feel.

oil on stretched canvases

2021

35 x 45cm each

Original paintings £475 each

The whole series £2750

 
 
 

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.