Oil and acrylic on canvas
80 x 160cm
| Paul Hirst | ||
| 'The paintings are fleeting glimpses of the landscape,
they are borne from countless exposure to the raw elements of the Peak
District. They are not picture postcard visual recordings of any particular vistas, but more a memory of an experience, a culmination of many remembered elements of the landscape, merged together and capturing a sense of the place. The paintings act as a freeze frame to my subconscious mind, capturing little snippets of long forgotten experiences. The work is focused on two distinct, but totally differing areas of the Peak District. The Dark Peak with its gritstone edges, harsh landscape and unforgiving weather system and the White Peak, with rolling hills, limestone dales and milder weather. This dichotomy of landscape translates into the paintings. The Peak District is an environment that allows me to explore the boundaries between nature and imagination. ' |
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| From Thor's Cave Oil and acrylic on canvas 80 x 160cm |
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