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Antique Mid Century Modern Cubist Abstract Cityscape Signed Framed Painting

1940

Antique American modernist seascape painting. Gouache and watercolor on board, circa 1951. Signed. Housed in a period modern frame. Image size, 37.5 x 29.5.

Impressive early American modernist landscape painting. Watercolor and gouache on paper. Framed. Signed. Image size, 14 by 18 inches.

PROCESS: The underpainting is done with watercolour. This is really tricky for few reasons. It took me a considerable amount of time to work out the canvas maker that is suitable for the effect. For the paint to give me these beautiful semi translucent washes, the cotton has to be the right grain and correctly primed. The underpainting takes very little room for mistake and even now sometimes I scrap the canvas and start all over. There is very special fast drying medium used to cover delicate layers with the right amount of thin oil paint and to make the pigment more fade resistant and prevent from any yellowing. This stage is repeated many times to build the satisfactory depth. I then go with a tiny brush to go over the edges and borders, adding definition with acrylic. Final two - the signature, usually on the front (but some paintings I leave unsigned on the front till they are sold, so the buyer can cast his/her wish to see my surname on the front or back of the artwork). STORY: The Migration collection is intend to capture the subject of departure focusing on positive effects of separation, leaving, breaking ties. The paper airplane is a faceless portrait...

Dark Green Wood, 1956 Philip Sutton RA (British, b. 1928) Oil on Canvas Signed and Titled Verso 34 x 34 inches 41 x 41 inches with frame Philip Sutton studied under William Coldstre...