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His paintings are in acrylic or oil on best quality cotton
canvas (linen on request) on American Tulip wood stretchers,
sizes up to 48" x 36" e.g. 'Verbascums and Delphiniums'
44" x 30"
Painting and drawing in the gardens is something of a confrontation
with nature. Spending endless hours staring at plants can
be quite dazzling. There is a dynamic between colour, texture
and pattern.
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Crocosmia under the Langdales
12" x 12" acrylic |
Diascia & Coneflower
12" x 12" acrylic - £160 |
| 'The force that lights the green fuse….' Also lights
reds, pinks, yellows and colours never before seen or named.
Certain plants have a sophisticated chemistry, which allows
them to modulate the relationship red/green, or violet/yellow
in an infinite interplay. Look at euphorbias or violets. This
was a source of obsessive fascination for Robin.
Other qualities emerge, those of focus, transparency and
iridescence. The plant world is a microcosm, one thinks like
an insect, using one's eyes as an insect might, close, busy
dazzled.
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Elderberry & Forsythia
36" x 28" acrylic - £552 |
The Hanging Garden at Sunset
36" x 28" acrylic - £625 |
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Triptych, Lupins, Foxgloves, Daisies and Dazzle 1 - 12"
x 12" oil - £160 each
Set of 3 - £450
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Triptych, Lupins, Foxgloves, Daisies and Dazzle 2- 12"
x 12" oil
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Triptych, Lupins, Foxgloves, Daisies and Dazzle 3- 12"
x 12" oil
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| In Autumn, as the foliage dies,
colours become inflamed, then muted and finally desolate. Winter
in the mountains - spaces open up, the macrocosm reveals itself.
By the Lake or from the great rock, new kinds of colours condense
on surfaces or distil in atmosphere, - how best to create a
plant? (Mountain/Garden exhibition May 2001) |
Mr Fothergill's Red & Yellow Border Diptych
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16" x 12" each 32" x 12" the pair
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Japanese Garden - Dallam Tower
24" x 18" acrylic - £295 |
Sunset through Larches
36" x 28" acrylic - £490 |
Winter Light - the Langdales
30" x 24" acrylic £850 |
| Please note that unframed
paintings are supplied with edges painted. Prices do not include
delivery. |
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