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Flower collection -
Created by two of Latin America’s leading artists – José Falconi from Peru and Santiago Montoya from Columbia – “Bittersweet” expands upon their original collaboration in Columbia, titled, “El Dorado Chocolaterie.”
This reference to the foundational myth of “El Dorado”— that elusive city where everything was covered in gold, derives from the earliest days of colonization in the 16th century when countless explorers mounted expeditions in search of it.
Over the years, the myth has served as an allegory for the ongoing search and exploitation of Colombia’s immense natural wealth, a symbol for get-rich-quick schemers who traffic in its resources from gold to quinoa, from emeralds to cocaine.
Sure to attract the attention of critics and art-lovers from Somerville and beyond, “Bittersweet” reimagines the elusive paradise of gilded beings long sought by South American explorers. Instead of gold, however, these explorers will enter into the subconscious world of sweets, turning the Museum into an enormous chocolate factory where with the exchange for a hot cup of cocoa will be the visitor’s time.
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royal horse artillery team on the move acrylic paint on textured paper size A3 -
royal horse artillery [ gun salute ] acrylic paint on textured paper size A3 -
marsh harrier found on salisbury plain acrylic paint on canvas board size 10.6cm x 50.8cm -
acrylic paint on canvas board size 10.6cm x 50.8cm -
wizard [ thou shall not pass ] acrylic paint on canvas size 76cm x 61cm -
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Original oil painting, landscape on canvas -
Out of the Forest is a large oil painting, 36x48x1.5 inches, of a view through the trees of the Ashdown Forest in Sussex to the heathland and fields beyond. It was inspired by the fact that I live very close to the forest and often walk there. The reality of this painting is a little strange. I wanted it to contrast being ‘realistic’ as well a little abstract and have therefore experimented by adding extra shapes and layers and hinting at other things but without losing the overall feeling of a warm golden space under the pine trees contrasted against the colder colours, blues and green of the landscape beyond. To the right of the painting a small deer stag can be seen looking back at us. He is quite well hidden. As a regular walker, I am fascinated by how much landscapes change at different times of day and in different seasons and wanted to try and capture this ever changing reality. I also enjoy spotting the deer who are always there but are clever at hiding. I like the ambiguousness of this painting. It is inviting and yet odd and I find it much more interesting than a traditional landscape painting. It feels like a place that may have a portal to some other universe… White edges, does not need a frame, ready to hang. See video about it: https://youtu.be/G4XSmW_8qfc