THE SUNLIT PATH (2026) Original Acrylic Painting by Frank Barnes

The Sunlit Path is an acrylic and encaustic painting on canvas 80cms H x 60cms W x 3.5cms D. It can be understood literally or spiritually. The sun path, sometimes also called day arc, refers to the daily (sunrise to sunset) and seasonal arc-like path that the Sun appears to follow across the sky as the Earth rotates and orbits the Sun. The Sunlit Path is an appreciation of summer. Light, warmth and atmosphere. It is a landscape work. The Sunlit Path is also a spiritual compilation book featuring excerpts from the conversations and writings of The Mother (Mirra Alfassa) of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. Its content relating to spiritual self-perfection, controlling thoughts, breaking the ego, absolute sincerity, and surrender to the Divine.
I work over the primed canvas using brushes, knives, cloths and squeegees to manage impasto and diluted layers of acrylic paint and adding cold wax at different stages. It is a continuous process of ‘correction’. At different stages I add sand, cold wax encaustic, plaster and various other collage materials underneath and mixed into the paint to create heavier textured surfaces. It is through a process of layering, sanding and scratching into the surface, cancellation and improvisation that the image resolves itself. The painting is purposefully equivocal. It is intentionally ambiguous.
My work continues to be inspired by reference to abstract expressionists John Hoyland, Barnett Newman, Gillian Ayres , Barbara Rae, Franz Kline, Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko and Richard Diebenkorn.
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 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 estimated at £30 - £50.

Materials used:

Acrylic and encaustic on canvas

Details:

• Acrylic painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 60 x 80 x 3.5cm (unframed) / 60 x 80cm (actual image size)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Organic
• Subject: Abstract and non-figurative