by david davies
Acrylic on Canson paper
h: 23 w: 31 (cms).
Dimensions are size of actual image. I foresee this firstly on mount card with 10cm surround in simple narrow black frame.
This painting is one of my 'Landings' series, an experiment into the area of Expressionist style paintings, simple in execution but using foreboding colours and landscapes/seascapes. I am in a vulnerable category regarding age and being diabetic in this lockdown, so there has never been a better time to experiment with Expressionism! I'm guessing that I have also been encouraged by viewing a recent exhibition at the Royal Academy in London of works by Leon Spilleart.
Many people in my situation must be feeling an underlying anxiety with thoughts of mortality. For me it has brought up images from Greek/Roman mythology. Charon, the boatman of the River Styx. A glimpse of the distant and unknown landscape of the Afterlife. But I remain hopeful !