Original Canvas - Gathering Swallows - 30" x 40"

Acrylic, Paper Collage, Ink, Pen, Varnish on Canvas.

Swallows gathering on the wires, getting ready for a great journey. This canvas is a celebration of natural beauty, a peaceful wide open sky, featuring gentle neutral colours, and a subtle stronger accent of cadmium orange where the breaking light is catching the clouds.

The colour palettes are designed to be vibrant and bold without being garish. Lily has developed a unique way of working, using reproductions of her own paintings as collage material. Here the birds are meticulously painted, reproduced, and cut, ready to use on the canvas. The background is painted with acrylics. The use of collage allows the freedom to play with the composition in a way which would otherwise be impossible, allowing quick changes until a design is settled upon. When the birds are fixed in place, washes of ink have been applied. Finally, a glossy varnish enhances colour, adds protection, and offers an opulent shine.

Nature is common to all of Lily's work, however she would never claim to offer gritty realism. Lily describes it more like focusing on an aspect of its beauty and running with it, seeing where it can be taken. Simplicity is key, which to Lily means creating something which people can hopefully take some pleasure and enjoyment from.

The canvas is stretched on a deep edge wooden frame with painted sides. Included is a made to measure box/tray frame, which is easy to remove if preferred. The frame is finished with Littlefair's water based non-toxic water stain in Light Oak. Ready to hang.

Please be aware that this canvas has a gloss finish, and some surface texture/relief as a result of the layered collage material and varnish.

Framed dimensions: 31.5 x 41.5 x 2 inches
Unframed dimensions: 30 x 40 x 1.5 inches

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