Title:
Defiance
Year
Created: 2005
Medium: Painting - Oil on stretched canvas
Width: 610 mm
Height: 910 mm
Price - Original: £ Sold
The original artwork sole whilst on display at the Blue Gallery, 54 King Street, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire ST5 1HX.
Price - Print: £59 -
900 mm H x 600 mm W.
£49 - 600 mm H x 400 mm W.
Please note that these are unframed, signed, 'Open Edition Artist's Prints', printed at high resolution on heavy 225 gsm, Canon Embossed Art Paper, from my Canon gicleé printer, using UV resistant pigmented inks, hence they are lightfast. The sizes mentioned are rounded off so are approximate. Please see the Originals & Prints page for further details.
Description:
Both the beautiful model and the background are painted entirely with a knife. A high level of contrast is provided and the colours made extremely rich, bold and lustrous, thus creating a very contemporary feel overall.
Model Katarzyna's bold defiance is much more than a sensually expressive opposition to her onlooker, resisting demands to further exhibit herself.
"...a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair" (Abraham Joshua Heschel)
It's a large, sensual and very dramatic, moody and atmospheric painting that would not look out of place as a feature in any location.
See the image below of this anonymous, figurative fine art nude oil painting to get an idea of how it would look hung unframed. When framed, it would perhaps be even better still. See 'The Passion' to get an idea of how it would look when framed.
Contact myself for more information about this work of art or if you would like to purchase a print. Obviously, the quality of the original painting and prints is much better than displayed here, though if you wish to make a closer inspection, please let me know of any specific area you're interested in and I'll e mail a higher resolution image to you.
