Original artwork description:

“Excellent Birds” is an acrylic, oil and encaustic painting 61cms H x 61cms W x 3cms D on exhibition quality canvas.
In keeping with more recent works the painting presents a more minimalist approach characterised by the use of simple shapes structured over a grid of vertical and horizontal bands, tessellating blocks and geometrical forms comprised of gradated and shifting colours. The intention is to explore the sense of place that viewers might experience with art and incorporate the simplest forms to emphasise this feeling. The painting takes its name from a song of the same name by American avant-garde artist Laurie Anderson.
“Flying Birds. Excellent Birds. Watch them fly. There they go. Falling snow. Excellent snow. Here it comes. Watch it fall. Long words. Excellent words. I can hear them now. This is the picture. I'm sitting by the window. Watching the snow fall. I'm looking out. And I'm moving. Turning in time. Jump up! And I can land on my feet. Look out! This is the picture.”
The painting is built in layers over a lightly primed canvas. I work directly over the canvas using brushes, knives, cloths and squeegees to manage layers of acrylic paint. It is a continuous process of ‘correction’. I erase and rub away surfaces to reveal what is hidden. This process helps to develop creative accident and expression. I continue to be inspired by American abstract expressionists from the likes of Mark Rothko, Robert Motherwell and Barnett Newman and also those of European tradition such as Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian and more recently Barbara Rae, Sean Scully and John Hoyland.
The painting is shipped in a robust custom-made cardboard crate (same as those used to transport large screens). The painting is bubble wrapped to protect the canvas. Further wrapping is made with padding and corrugated card. A wooden frame is placed inside the cardboard crate to preserve the structural strength of the packaging. Each painting is insured to its sale value. Shipping costs within the U.K. take into consideration weight and insurance. U.K. shipping costs for this artwork are £50

Materials used:

Acrylic, encaustic and oil on canvas

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