by kate newington
Acrylic on gesso panel
h: 60 w: 50 d: 2 (cms).
I used sections from some of my small collage still lifes as reference for this painting. I wanted to paint on gesso board as I like the crisp edges that you can achieve with paint on gesso – it has a very graphic quality and is also a resistant surface (which I prefer). I have for some years made collages that are so detailed that they look like paintings and with this picture I wanted to reverse that idea by making a painting that looks, in some areas, like a collage. I particularly relate to the still life work of West Country artists, past and present, who flatten shapes and experiment with textures, colour and the drawn line in a way that combines abstraction with figuration. I wanted to take those ideas further while reflecting my appreciation of West Country still lifes past and present.
£700 (As exhibited.)
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by kate newington
Acrylic on gesso panel
h: 47 w: 47 d: 2 (cms).
I have favourite places, flowers and pieces of pottery. Putting some of these together I made this still life in four sections, on four square cradled gesso panels. I did this because it was easier to physically work on the painting that way and interesting to work on each square in rotation, and also because I felt the sectioning of the picture somehow lent itself to the idea of a window. I like working with acrylic on gesso panel because you get these wonderful crisp lines against the hard white, slightly powdery gesso base. I regularly spend time in St Ives and much of my inspiration comes from the vistas, textures, light and visual culture around me when I’m there.
£800 (As exhibited.)
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