Look! (2022) Print by Peter Long
20.32 x 27.94cm (unframed) / 14.22 x 18.54cm (actual image size)
£70
Artwork description
I made this print after the poem written by Jim Mainland, reproduced below:
Look!
Sometimes you think you’ll never see the end
of a smothering darkness; one that grips
darker and deeper than you’d ever expect,
thick clouds overhead, bowing you down again.
I was all set to give up, wondering,
fearfully, foolishly, if this thing might swallow
me up, when suddenly I saw it – just a glimmer:
first the little blue flame, then the yellow.
Materials used:
oil-based ink, off-white Japanese paper
Details:
- Print on Paper
- From a limited edition of 6
- Size: 20.32 x 27.94cm (unframed) / 14.22 x 18.54cm (actual image size)
- Signed and numbered on the front
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky
Tags:
#fire#letterpress#darkness#relief print#war in
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Artwork description
I made this print after the poem written by Jim Mainland, reproduced below:
Look!
Sometimes you think you’ll never see the end
of a smothering darkness; one that grips
darker and deeper than you’d ever expect,
thick clouds overhead, bowing you down again.
I was all set to give up, wondering,
fearfully, foolishly, if this thing might swallow
me up, when suddenly I saw it – just a glimmer:
first the little blue flame, then the yellow.
Materials used:
oil-based ink, off-white Japanese paper
Details:
- Print on Paper
- From a limited edition of 6
- Size: 20.32 x 27.94cm (unframed) / 14.22 x 18.54cm (actual image size)
- Signed and numbered on the front
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky
Tags:
#fire#letterpress#darkness#relief print#war in
Peter Long
United Kingdom
About
I keep a sketchbook in my pocket and draw what I come across. Sometimes I turn the drawing into a print. I developed a technique
that gives good ink transfer from... Read more