Original artwork description:

‘LICORICE FIELDS’ is an acrylic painting inspired by a poem written by Sir John Betjeman called “The Licorice Fields At Pontefract”. This is a poem about young love in fragrant surroundings. Physically and emotionally charged with the scented aroma of licorice flowers. (Pomfret cakes are still made in Pontefract although licorice is no longer grown there) Reading the descriptive work of the great poet and the contrasts he created so economically is the key. What appears to be a documentation of an event is more likely to be a celebration of contrasts. The hard reality of life contrasted with erotic fantasy. ‘Licorice Fields’ isn’t a literal painting. It exists as a painting in its own right. The painting doesn’t explain itself. The composition of the painting is built around the formal ‘contrasts’ of elements such as light, dark, curve, line, etc It is gestural and expressive and I hope it maintains an ambiguous quality. I am always inspired by the work of the Fauvists and the Expressionists together with modernists Gillian Ayres, Howard Hodgkin and John Hoyland alongside contemporary colourists such as Barbara Rae.
“Licorice Fields” is an acrylic painting on 300gms canvas paper. It is 40cms wide and 30cms in height. It is presented/shipped in an ivory card window mount (see pictures) 50x40cms at a cost of £250, not including postage. The mounted painting is shipped in a reinforced card folder.
The painting can also be purchased in a white glazed frame 53x43cms (see pictures) at a cost of £275 + postage. Postage for the framed / glazed picture in the U.K. is £20, to Europe £45 to U.S.A. £85.

Materials used:

Acrylic on 300gms canvas paper

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