{"id":8623,"date":"2023-04-01T21:17:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T20:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=8623"},"modified":"2023-04-03T05:42:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T04:42:22","slug":"art-back-in-the-saddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=8623","title":{"rendered":"ART: Back In The Saddle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sketch#1, 1\/4\/23.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

My sister Abbie and her husband Dan have commissioned me to paint an artwork for their home. That\u2019s so lovely! Thanks, guys. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been given some photographic reference. I won\u2019t say what that is, nor will I show it. For me the idea with the abstract side of my work is to work from the real world away<\/em>, into something more dreamlike, and poetic; evocative yet imprecise, difficult to pin down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sketch#2, 1\/4\/23.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sketch#1 was a first overall reaction to the photographic image. Whilst a lot is left out, it\u2019s still quite dense and busy. So the next three sketches unpack certain elements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sketch#2 catches some of the organic green growth, a very small but visually potent or significant element in the overall scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sketch#3, 1\/4\/23.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sketch#3 is the lighter stuff, the air and the water, the sun making strange reflections. This view is probably a second layer, to be rendered over Sketch#4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It seems odd in retrospect that I\u2019m ending where one might have thought I should start, with the hard, solid architectural stuff; the landscape itself, and the straight lines of the man-made stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So it is that Sketch#4 might well constitute the basal architecture of this painting? It might be the first layer? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sketch#4, 1\/4\/23.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here are the same four images as two double-spreads\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sketches #1 and #2 \u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u2026 and #t3 and #4!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I like seeing these four images together\u2026 or should I be saying juxtaposed<\/em>, for the cognoscenti? They are, after all, derived from the same source. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What might prove tricky – and it ought to be, frankly – is amalgamating (what a word that is!) all these extractions. Can it be done? Should it be done?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, these sketches are a first draft response to a recent commission. I\u2019m hoping that this process will bring my art practice back to life. It felt good to be sketching again today! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My sister Abbie and her husband Dan have commissioned me to paint an artwork for their home. That\u2019s so lovely! Thanks, guys. I\u2019ve been given some photographic reference. I won\u2019t say what that is, nor will I show it. For me the idea with the abstract side of my work is to work from the … <\/p>\n

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