Original artwork description:

Venice Impressions 1, Venice Painting, Framed Original Oil Painting

Insubstantial Masonry 1, Insubstantial Masonry Series
The title for this series comes from a line in the poem 'Venice' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882). Poetry inspires my paintings, as in some ways the poet is trying to do something very similar to the painter when making their art. Today the poem becomes even more apt as the masonry erodes slowly under the influence of tidal salt water. When the sea water recedes, it leaves wet bricks behind, and the salt slowly works its way up the brickwork. The salt corrodes the bricks, and eventually the bricks break down, turning to powder.
Abstractions from Venice - part of a recurring series in which I explore the greens, the insubstantiality and light qualities of Venice. Working towards abstraction gives the elements I am interested in the freedom to take shape in the painting.
Poetry and painting mingle together in these paintings of Venice as I remember the light airy canals, the vast planes of sea, the flat slivers of light.

About the artist

My work has been selected for the Royal Institute of Painters in watercolour exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, (2024, 2023), ING Discerning Eye exhibition, London (2022) Sunday Times Watercolour competition London and Southampton (2020)
I hold a Master of Art (Fine Art) and BA Honours Degree in Fine Art.
My painting is bound up with examination of the land, and in particular, the ephemeral, those forces and presences that cannot be seen but which change and shape the land.
I have been painting every day for many years, since graduating with an MA in Painting. Over 500 paintings have been sold to collectors across the globe, from USA to Canada, Australia, Britain, Singapore, Germany, and all of Europe.

Paintings will be sent to you unframed, (unless otherwise stated in the description) and protected with cellophane or paper, in a re-enforced padded envelope or recycled box, on a Tracked Delivery service with the Royal Mail or Parcel Force International for large items.
Paintings will be sent to you protected with cellophane or paper, in a re-enforced padded envelope or recycled box, on a Tracked Delivery service with the Royal Mail or Parcel Force International for large items.

Materials used:

Oil Paint, gesso, varnish

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