The Queue (2024) Original Acrylic Painting by Nicholas Robertson

I independently observed these women, one at the Ashmolean Oxford and the other at the Praca Rossio square Lisbon, both in informal queues. I recorded the elements I needed to memory in order to make this painting. This observation is supported by a necessary surreptitious photography to avoid the recipients going into ‘photo smiling mode’, or sometimes ‘irritated mode’.
The work consists of a Rowney Cryla acrylic base coat of burnt orange, then opaque pigments are used to lay down the undercoating of some of the subject matter. Subsequently using acrylic paint in washes which has been thinned using diluted Liquidex airbrush medium. This layering of the work allows for subtle tonal attributes that give depth and intensity. The overall result is an acrylic painting with a degree of luminosity rather than the usual flat acrylic finish.
Finished with a coat of Winsor & Newton Satin UV varnish, this not only protects the painting but has a unifying effect.
A suggested frame width of at least 60mm for this 50x70cm painting.
This makes for the best visual effect and prevents warping. Ready to frame and hang.

Materials used:

Acrylic on Bella Arte canvas board

Details:

• Acrylic painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 50 x 70cm (unframed) / 50 x 70cm (actual image size)
• Signed on the front
• Style: Unspecified
• Subject: People and portraits