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Dan Parry-JonesSunset Swim - Acrylic and mixed media on board, white float frame2024
2024
$4,500
£3,347.63
€3,924.84
CA$6,293.82
A$7,027.23
CHF 3,687.11
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NOK 46,347.52
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Bathed in the warm glow of a setting sun, “Sunset Swim” by British contemporary artist Dan Parry-Jones features two young boys poised at the edge of a tranquil body of water with palm trees, their silhouettes gently highlighted against a luminous backdrop. A rich sunset-inspired palette of deep yellows, oranges, gold, dusky pinks, and soft turquoise blues immediately draws the viewer in, evoking the fleeting magic of golden hour on a summer evening.
Executed in Parry-Jones’s signature technique—a layered mix of acrylic, collage, and screen print—the surface is richly textured, revealing hints of weathered grids, architectural lines, and patina-like distressing. These tactile layers suggest the passage of time, memory, and lived experience, imbuing the scene with both nostalgia and timeless serenity.
The figures are simplified and abstracted, yet deeply human—capturing a universal coming-of-age moment steeped in reflection, ritual, and the innocence of youth. With its cinematic atmosphere and harmonious balance of abstraction and narrative, Sunset Swim is ideal for collectors drawn to coastal modernism, mid-century color sensibilities, and contemporary figurative works that evoke memory and mood.
- Creator:Dan Parry-Jones (1971, British)
- Creation Year:2024
- Dimensions:Height: 38.5 in (97.79 cm)Width: 38.5 in (97.79 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Dallas, TX
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU640314344122
DAN PARRY-JONES (b. 1971, United Kingdom) A textured bright colour palette and sweet nostalgic figures brimming with images of palm trees, swimming pools and timeless Palm Springs-like mountainous scenery are all ingredients mixed media artist Dan Parry-Jones uses to create his memorable works of art. A graduate of University of Derby (1994, BA Hons in Graphic Design) and Winchester School of Art (1991), Parry-Jones is fascinated by the relationship between the manmade and nature. Parry-Jones experiments with a style of painting that continues to evolve after spending time in Europe, particularly southern Spain; these new paintings juxtapose elements both organic and artificial, as panoramic mountain ranges provide a backdrop to flat, still pools and brightly painted walls. His work bears the same stylistic hallmarks that draw influence from Richard Dierbenkorn and Robert Rauschenburg, with shapes of flat colour set against highly textured areas where paint and glued paper has been scraped back to reveal many layers beneath. In sharp contrast to this scarred and sanded background, are sharply focused areas of screen-printed detail featuring his distinctively nostalgic subject matter; kids, cars, buildings, that bring the viewer back to a bygone time on the fringes of our memory. Dan Parry-Jones is based in Bristol, United Kingdom and is represented by DECORAZONgallery.
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