Taking Flight – Crested Pigeons

Taking Flight – crested pigeons is an original artwork.

ABOUT THIS ARTWORK
I am happiest with my work when my paintings bring together many things that I love. The work usually goes through four processes. Firstly, I create an abstract colour background with fluid paint or ink to create organic effects. Then I work with my ever-growing library of custom-made stencils and masks – sometimes plant forms, sometimes abstract or classical patterns. In creating these backgrounds, which I think of as abstract paintings in their own right, I try to build up interesting layers of forms, patterns, and colours, so that the eye looks through depths of space, and nothing is fully grasped in the instant.  When I am happy with the background, then it is time to consider what bird subject it suggests to me. I paint the birds as realistically as my skills permit. I enjoy the contrast of a realistically detailed and modeled bird “popping” out of an abstract painting. The final stage is to re-balance the work tonally so that the subjects sit happily with the background.

Size 80cm x 80cm
Medium Lithographic ink aerosol and oil on canvas

All original works are on canvas and stretched on a stretcher bar. Customised framing is available on request. Please contact us for more details.

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