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Copper Kettle Revived (2026) Original Mixed-media Painting by Donald McLeman
40.64 x 30.48 x 0.25cm / 40.64 x 30.48cm (actual image size)
£425
Original artwork description
This is the first piece of art I did in almost a year. Much to the astonishment of my mentor I suddenly produced several preparatory sketches over several days and this was the culmination. It encapsulates everything I learned in the last 12 months.
The style is loose and free. The outlines are of varying thickness in a dark grey acrylic ink and autumn-orange Conté. Waves and dots run through a jaunty composition. Collaged newspaper clippings appear through multiple layers. The picture is contained neither by borders nor convention.
What inspired me is the broken kettle that I had just turned into a vase. Filled with flowers from the garden, it looked good enough to paint! I believe the kettle dated from the early 20th century but now it was bashed and beyond repair and no longer even looked like a kettle: all it had left were the wobbly legs and the spout that I planned to use in a design project. On the top of the kettle the lid was long gone and all that remained were the torn rivets where the handle had been pulled off. All scars disappeared under the flowers and leaves. The plants are Himalayan honeysuckle, rose hips and rowan.
The picture combines acrylic paint with newspaper clippings retrieved from under 1960's wallpaper. A candle wax resist is used alongside Conté, acrylic ink and graphite with selected highlights in gold acrylic. The surface is 290 gsm watercolour paper, given a final layer of protection with Golden UV satin varnish.
Signed on the reverse with description and title.
Materials used:
Acrylic paint, newspaper, conté, graphite, acrylic ink
Details:
- Mixed-media painting on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 40.64 x 30.48 x 0.25cm / 40.64 x 30.48cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the back
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: Flowers and plants
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Original artwork description
This is the first piece of art I did in almost a year. Much to the astonishment of my mentor I suddenly produced several preparatory sketches over several days and this was the culmination. It encapsulates everything I learned in the last 12 months.
The style is loose and free. The outlines are of varying thickness in a dark grey acrylic ink and autumn-orange Conté. Waves and dots run through a jaunty composition. Collaged newspaper clippings appear through multiple layers. The picture is contained neither by borders nor convention.
What inspired me is the broken kettle that I had just turned into a vase. Filled with flowers from the garden, it looked good enough to paint! I believe the kettle dated from the early 20th century but now it was bashed and beyond repair and no longer even looked like a kettle: all it had left were the wobbly legs and the spout that I planned to use in a design project. On the top of the kettle the lid was long gone and all that remained were the torn rivets where the handle had been pulled off. All scars disappeared under the flowers and leaves. The plants are Himalayan honeysuckle, rose hips and rowan.
The picture combines acrylic paint with newspaper clippings retrieved from under 1960's wallpaper. A candle wax resist is used alongside Conté, acrylic ink and graphite with selected highlights in gold acrylic. The surface is 290 gsm watercolour paper, given a final layer of protection with Golden UV satin varnish.
Signed on the reverse with description and title.
Materials used:
Acrylic paint, newspaper, conté, graphite, acrylic ink
Details:
- Mixed-media painting on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 40.64 x 30.48 x 0.25cm / 40.64 x 30.48cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the back
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: Flowers and plants
