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Ian Lawrence
Frame Size: 105 x 105 cm / 41 x 41 inches
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"This painting was started in April ‘23 and was inspired by the sweep of hills that lead up to Mount Caburn, Lewes.
I often find that the starting point for a picture is lost during painting. This has never bothered me as I’m always open to the possibilities that happen as you apply the layers of paint. The inclusion of gilding is a factor that can tilt the work in another direction and, since I’m not intending to recreate any particular view, it’s often tempting to wander away from the original image I had in mind.
This was not the case with ‘A walk through the hills’. Throughout the process, I had to haul the painting back to the bow of the hills, when the inclusion of another layer disturbed the shape.
This was a painting of countless layers. I often have multiple layers in a picture but with this one I wanted the image to break into tiny pictures as you approached it so that it would draw you towards it. The crazed surface of the picture allowed me to clarify these differences of colour, so that each one can be seen separately. Then, as you retreat, they coalesce into another colour.
This technique, combined with the use of gilding, means that the picture is constantly changing. From different angles and in different lights, colours will jump out. At one point the gilding might reflect the light and burn out from the image. At another the thin layers of paint on top of the gilding will go opaque and the gilding will disappear.
A lot of work has gone into this picture over the last ten months, but even more looking. I hung the picture at the end of my bed so that I could look at it every morning. This wasn’t a conscious thing; I didn’t allocate time to study it. Instead, I wanted the painting to catch me off-guard; a colour jumping out in the morning light. When I found I was always looking at it, I knew it was finished."
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