The Illuminated Tree One, Original Painting
This painting is called The Illuminated Tree xx and is painted in acrylic paint on a cradled birch wood panel. It is made by building up layer after layer of paint, richness, texture, colour and pattern. It is a unique one of a kind painting, but part of a series of nine.
Before I started work on this series I made some notes on how I wanted the paintings to feel and be, some broad intentions for the work. I wrote “joyful, exuberant, other worldly, jewel like and magical forest.”
I chose to create them in acrylic paint as I wanted to build up a complex paint surface and for each painting to have a hidden history which occasionally reveals itself.
As the paintings started to come together I thought of ancient wise trees, bedecked with shining lights. The wonder and awe of trees. This is when I started to think of them as a collection of illuminated trees, solid, stable and glowing with light and life.
This wood panel was hand prepared with three light coats of primer and then I finished the painting with varnish and wax so it has a lovely lustre and tactile surface. This painting is ready to hang as is, or for you to frame depending on preference.
This painting is signed on the back.
Original and unique contemporary artwork
30cm x 30 cm x 2cm (11.8 inches x 11.8 inches)
Textured and rich surface
Ready to hang
Signed on the back
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