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Full Sail! - An Abstract Colour Print in custom made frame (options available)
Located in London, GB
Mike G Jackson, 'Full Sail!', 2024
Archival Pigment Fine Art Print mounted on aluminium and custom framed finished with antireflective Art Glass,
35 x 23.5 inches (90 x 60 cm approx....
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Archival Pigment
Cedars - Twilight's Path 001, Green Forest at Night
Located in London, GB
Cedars - A dense stand of western red cedar guard the path into the darkness beyond the lamplight. A gap in the foliage creates a void, an invitation to enter into an unknown and unc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Glass, Wood, Oak, Walnut, Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
Sacred Palms - Print on Glass with Rose Gold leaf, 23.4 carat gold
Located in London, GB
"Night falls and the day recedes. Again, I attempt to capture the rich and poignant beauty of a perfect day in Sri Lanka, gone forever but not forgotten. The earth is gold as the col...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
Summer Sea - Unique Abstract Colour Print, Custom Framed
Located in London, GB
“Colour gives me a new way of working - in complete darkness. It seems contradictory that to produce colour you need to work in the dark. You blindly feel your way around the paper w...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Color Photography
Materials
Glass, Wood, Archival Paper, C Print, Color
Chandra - Moon and the Palm Tree - with 24ct Gold leaf & Copper on Glass
Located in London, GB
Chandra - meaning the Hindu God of the Moon – as the image was taken in Sri Lanka. The image was first gilded with copper then that was rubbed back to reveal most of the glass, and t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Gold, Copper, Gold Leaf
Rustic Blaze - Palm landscape with Rose Gold - 23.4 carat Gold and Copper
Located in London, GB
"All about the light. The rich golden light at sunset on a beach in Sri Lanka. Palm trees are everywhere and they have many identities. They can sway gracefully in the breeze, or the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Gold, Copper, Gold Leaf
Tender is the Night - Print on Glass with Rich Rose 23.4 carat Gold leaf
Located in London, GB
Taken on Hikkaduwa Beach, Sri Lanka as the sun was setting; casting its golden rays along the beach...
The image endeavours to celebrate of the noble presence and elegant sway of the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
Defiance - Print on Museum Glass, with Rose Gold Leaf, 23.4 carat and Copper
Located in London, GB
A sunflower reaching the end. A slow descent into a less colourful but far more sculptural state as the petals wither and crisp and the flowerhead bends slowly down.
Early autumn bac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Copper, Gold Leaf, Gold
Murmuration - Unique Abstract Colour Print, Custom Framed
Located in London, GB
Murmuration, 2024
Hand printed C-Type Print, Float mounted in custom made frame, finished with antireflective art glass
Print size: 20 x 25 cm, Framed: 35.5 x 37.5 cm (as seen on 1st...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Photographic Paper
Chandra - Moon and the Palm Tree - Gilded with 24ct Gold leaf & Copper on Glass
Located in London, GB
Chandra - meaning the Hindu God of the Moon – as the image was taken in Sri Lanka
The image was first gilded with copper then that was rubbed back to reveal most of the glass, and t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Gold, Copper, Gold Leaf
"Supernova" - Fine art print on museum glass with White Gold and Silver leaf
Located in London, GB
Supernova, 2017
Printed on museum glass, Hand gilded with White Gold and Silver leaf, Framed
61 x 61 cm (including frame)
45 x 45 cm (glass print)
Edition of 5. - Although the prints...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Still-life Prints
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
Starburst, Sunflower Print on Glass with Lemon Gold leaf, Victorian style framed
Located in London, GB
"The sunflowers displayed here have been chosen, not only because of their golden individuality, but also because, like gold, they seem to have an everlasting quality. They don't re...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Still-life Prints
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
Cosmos III - Printed on Museum Glass, hand gilded with Moon and Pink Gold leaf
Located in London, GB
Anyone who has stopped to engage with an oil spill will be familiar with the rainbow colours and the myriad of shapes that appear to the keen observer. The iridescence and depth is a...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
Constellation Suite no.6, Fine Art Print of Geometrical colourful sculpture
Located in London, GB
CONSTELLATION SUITE #6, 2021
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle 100% Cotton Fine Art Paper, Custom framed
45 x 35 cm
All prints from an Edition of 9
Series: Constellations
All aro...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Cotton, Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
Trinity Site, Landscape sand dunes of White Sands National Park, White and Blue
Located in London, GB
Trinity Site, 2019 by George McLeod
Limited Edition, Framed Fine Art Print
"The shifting gypsum sand dunes of White Sands National Park are simultaneously the most alien landscape I...
Category
2010s Surrealist Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Florist, Mandala - collage of dead flowers
Located in London, GB
‘Florist’ originally called ‘dead flowers’, was created using the flowers from my girlfriends ‘Zoom’ backgrounds over the space of several months. Usually scanned the moment she considered them to be wilted.
About the series:
" 'Detritus' series was born from the twin frustrations of lockdown halting all planned projects, yet litter still somehow being dropped in abundance on my street.
With no idea of the final output, or indeed the hygiene implications, I started to collect, scan, and record what I found. When I realised these colourful misshapen objects could be turned into something beautiful, the frustrations left me and I began looking for other sources of Detritus.
Florist, 2020
Series: Detritus
Archival Pigment Print, Mounted on Dibond in custom made Frame;
with Black Stained Oak and antireflective UV protective museum standard Art Glass Print 60 x 60 cm / Framed: 62 x 62 cm/ 24.5 x 24.5 inches approx.
Edition of 8 + 2AP
About the Artist
George McLeod...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
Ancient Woodland, North Norfolk, Mandala and Collage of Woodland Nature
Located in London, GB
Ancient Woodland
All the elements used were collected from the first walk with my Mum and stepdad between lockdowns. All from a small woodland in North Norfolk.
Ancient Woodland, 2020
Series: Detritus
Archival Pigment Print, Mounted on Dibond in custom made Frame;
with Black Stained Oak and antireflective UV protective museum standard Art Glass Print 60 x 60 cm / Framed: 62 x 62 cm/ 24.5 x 24.5 inches approx.
Edition of 8 + 2AP
About the project:
"Detritus' series was born from the twin frustrations of lockdown halting all planned projects, yet litter still somehow being dropped in abundance on my street.
With no idea of the final output, or indeed the hygiene implications, I started to collect, scan, and record what I found. When I realised these colourful misshapen objects could be turned into something beautiful, the frustrations left me and I began looking for other sources of Detritus.
These collages gave me purpose during the pandemic and allowed me to grow something beautiful from a place of frustration. My aim is to simply give viewers of the work a fleeting moment of calm.
Unable to shoot anything, I’ve been making collections of things I find on the ground and scanning them to create composite images of otherwise ignored or discarded objects." - George McLeod...
Category
2010s Tribal Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Feathers - A selection of birds feathers in colours, Geometric Tribal Mandala
Located in London, GB
“Feathers are more than pretty; they contain a whole host of spiritual and cultural meanings....
It symbolises trust, honour, strength, wisdom, power, and freedom”
Naturally shed feathers, none of them were dyed, all natural colours.
Birds’ feathers included in this artwork:
Blue Jay
Pheasant
Woodcock
Blue Mallard
Homing Pigeon
Teal Duck
Partridge
Han Mallard
Magpie
Red Kite
Blue & Gold Maccaw
Red and Green Maccaw
Peacock
Guinea Fowl
Parrot
Leopard Spotted Argus Pheasant
Lady Amherst Pheasant
Ringneck Pheasant
Golden Reeves Pheasant
Tragopan Pheasant
Oriental Bay Owl
Scarlet Ibis
Feathers, 2022
Series: Detritus
Archival Pigment Print, Mounted on Dibond in custom made Frame;
with Black Stained Oak and antireflective UV protective museum standard Art Glass Print 100 x 100 cm / Framed: 102 x 102 cm/ 40 x 40 inches approx.
Edition of 5 + 2AP
About the Artist
George McLeod...
Category
2010s Tribal Abstract Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Oak, Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Pape...
Manduro - World Champion Thoroughbred racehorse - Studio Portrait Print
Located in London, GB
Manduro (March 9, 2002 – June 27, 2020) was a World Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. He was a multiple Group One winner in Germany.
'Manduro' by John Reardon...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
Holly Bull - The Portrait of Champion Thoroughbred Racehorse, Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
Holy Bull (January 24, 1991 – June 7, 2017) was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse.Holy Bull (January 24, 1991 – June 7, 2017) was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Holy Bull was ran...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pig...
Medaglia D Oro - Whiskers, Stallion Studio Portrait
Located in London, GB
Medaglia d'Oro (foaled April 11, 1999) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won several major stakes races including the 2002 Travers Stakes and the 2003 Whitney Handicap. He also finished second in the 2002 Belmont Stakes, the Breeders' Cup Classic in both 2002 and 2003, and the 2004 Dubai World Cup. Since retiring to stud, he has become an excellent stallion whose progeny include 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, two-time champion filly Songbird and two-time Hong Kong Horse of the Year Golden Sixty.
Medaglia d'Oro - 'Whiskers' by John Reardon...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Archival P...
Medaglia d’Oro, Horse head and eye - Stallion Portrait unframed Print on Paper
Located in London, GB
Medaglia d'Oro (foaled April 11, 1999) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won several major stakes races including the 2002 Travers Stakes and the 2003 Whitney Handicap. He al...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Col...
Stallion Studio Portrait: Bernardini - Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Paper
Located in London, GB
'Bernardini' (March 23, 2003 – July 30, 2021) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2006 Preakness Stakes and Travers Stakes.
Series: Studio Portraits, 'Bernardini', 2009 by John Reardon...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Col...
Noverre - Horse Landscape 2, Sky and Mane, Panoramic Print, Australia 2003
Located in London, GB
Noverre - Horse Landscape 2, 'Mane', 2003
C-type Hand Print, Mounted on Aluminium, Custom framed, Museum low glare, UV protective art glass
36.5 x 94 cm / 14.5 x 37 inches approx.
Ed...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Landscape Photography
Materials
Glass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Pr...
Noverre - Horse Landscape I, Blue Sky and Clouds, Panoramic Print, Australia
Located in London, GB
Noverre - Horse Landscape I, 2003
C-type Hand Print, Mounted on Aluminium, Custom framed, Museum low glare, UV protective art glass
36.5 x 94 cm / 14....
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Glass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Wax, Panel, Archival Paper...
Stallion Studio Portrait: 'Dubawi' - Pigment Print Mounted and Custom Framed
Located in London, GB
Dubawi, 2009 by John Reardon
Archival Pigment Print, Mounted on Aluminium, Custom framed, UV protective Museum AR Glass
This piece is part of: "(after) W...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper,...
Cape Cross - Studio Portrait, Stallions, Champion Horse, Equine Art Print
Located in London, GB
Cape Cross, 2009 by John Reardon
Archival Pigment Print, Mounted on Aluminium, Custom framed, UV protective Museum AR Glass
This piece is part of (after) Whistlejacket - Contemporar...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photo...
Siren immobilised in marble locked in embrace and galleon ship in the background
Located in London, GB
Handcoloured portrait of a conjoined siren, immobilised in marble, locked in a sisterly embrace. Inspired by 19th-century cabinet cards, medical illustration, sweet singing Scottish Selkies, Lyra and her sister defend each other's isolation.
Taken from The Sialia Marbles, a series of portraits containing ephemeral human sculptures taken between 2016-19. Together these works act as tales contained in a fictional sculpture hall, in direct reaction to Andre Malraux’s 1947 Le Musee Imaginaire (Museum Without Walls).
Original title: 'Lyra’s Lips are as White as Mine’, 2019
Hand-coloured Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Photorag Fine Art Paper (100% cotton)
40.5 x 30.5 cm
Unique
Series: The Sialia Marbles
Signed and dated on verso
"I’m not a sculptor, but I wanted to construct my own stories. Photographers have often used sculpture in order to challenge our idea of a “sculptural” body or object, by casting them in a two-dimensional light. I love playing with perception. A lot of my work is influenced by the nineteenth century—the pictorialist movement for instance. When photography was a new experiment, people would play around with perception tricks—Victorian paper theaters...
Category
2010s Romantic Portrait Prints
Materials
Photographic Film, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Lady Macbeth as Regal monarch immobilised in Marble with her reigning in Blooms
Located in London, GB
Katie Eleanor, ‘Your Hand, Your Tongue III’, 2017
Hand-coloured portrait of a regal monarch, immobilised in marble, her reigning celebrated the blooms she becomes entwined in. The characterisation is inspired by visual depictions of Lady Macbeth, in particular, John Singer Sargent’s 1889 portrait of actress Ellen Terry.
Taken from The Sialia Marbles, a series of portraits containing ephemeral human sculptures taken between 2016-19. Together these works act as tales contained in a fictional sculpture hall, in direct reaction to Andre Malraux’s 1947 Le Musee Imaginaire (Museum Without Walls).
Original title: 'Your Hand, Your Tongue’, 2017
Hand-coloured Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Photorag
40.5 x 30.5 cm
Unique
Series: The Sialia Marbles
Signed and dated on verso
"I’m not a sculptor, but I wanted to construct my own stories. Photographers have often used sculpture in order to challenge our idea of a “sculptural” body or object, by casting them in a two-dimensional light. I love playing with perception. A lot of my work is influenced by the nineteenth century—the pictorialist movement for instance. When photography was a new experiment, people would play around with perception tricks—Victorian paper theaters...
Category
2010s Romantic Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Regal monarch immobilised in marble with her reigning celebrated the blooms
Located in London, GB
Katie Eleanor, ‘Your Hand, Your Tongue’, 2017
Hand-coloured portrait of a regal monarch, immobilised in marble, her reigning celebrated the blooms she becomes entwined in. The characterisation is inspired by visual depictions of Lady Macbeth, in particular, John Singer Sargent’s 1889 portrait of actress Ellen Terry.
Taken from The Sialia Marbles, a series of portraits containing ephemeral human sculptures taken between 2016-19. Together these works act as tales contained in a fictional sculpture hall, in direct reaction to Andre Malraux’s 1947 Le Musee Imaginaire (Museum Without Walls).
Original title: 'Your Hand, Your Tongue’, 2017
Hand-coloured Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Photorag
40.5 x 30.5 cm
Unique
Series: The Sialia Marbles
Signed and dated on verso
"I’m not a sculptor, but I wanted to construct my own stories. Photographers have often used sculpture in order to challenge our idea of a “sculptural” body or object, by casting them in a two-dimensional light. I love playing with perception. A lot of my work is influenced by the nineteenth century—the pictorialist movement for instance. When photography was a new experiment, people would play around with perception tricks—Victorian paper theaters...
Category
2010s Romantic Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper, Watercolor
Otherworldly lovers, immobilised in marble, Dancing in blooming Garden
Located in London, GB
Handcoloured portrait of otherworldly lovers, immobilised in marble, dancing in blooming meadows. A whimsical tale of adoration, Ursa and her spiritual partner take visual cues from Titania and Bottom in Dieterle and Reinhartd’s 1936 interpretation of A Midsummer Nights Dream.
Taken from The Sialia Marbles, a series of portraits containing ephemeral human sculptures taken between 2016-19. Together these works act as tales contained in a fictional sculpture hall, in direct reaction to Andre Malraux’s 1947 Le Musee Imaginaire (Museum Without Walls).
Original title: URSA LOVES YOU, 2017
Hand-coloured Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Photorag
40.5 x 30.5 cm
Unique
Series: The Sialia Marbles
Signed and dated on verso
"I’m not a sculptor, but I wanted to construct my own stories. Photographers have often used sculpture in order to challenge our idea of a “sculptural” body or object, by casting them in a two-dimensional light. I love playing with perception. A lot of my work is influenced by the nineteenth century—the pictorialist movement for instance. When photography was a new experiment, people would play around with perception tricks—Victorian paper theaters...
Category
2010s Romantic Figurative Prints
Materials
Photographic Film, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
A man looking at Dragon Blood Tree in the morning sunrise in Socotra in Yemen
Located in London, GB
Paining like image of Dragon Blood Tree in Socotra - Yemen - 2020 by Guillaume Petermann
Life Framer Photography Prize Winner, Category: The Face Of The...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Golden brown Scots Pine tree Landscape in the twilight
Located in London, GB
A Scots pine emerges from the darkness like a cloud forming in a black sky.
Looming like a cloud over the delicate remains of its young siblings lost to a forest fire...
It is only ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Dark Flora #5, May Foxgloves, A floral arrangement of wild flowers and plants
Located in London, GB
Dark Flora #5 - May Foxgloves, 2020
Archival Pigment Print, Mounted on Aluminium, in bespoke Oak Framed, Edition 3/8
Foraged from Sussex Wealden woodland in early summer, it includes Foxgloves, beech, heather and star moss surrounding a woodland bird’s nest. Foxglove’s sometimes used to be called dead man’s bells due to every part of the plant being poisonous...
Inspired by Victorian era taxidermy dioramas...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Glass, Wood, Photographic Paper, Color
Sci-fi sparkle Red Blue Tree by Night with skylight stars - Framed Print
Located in London, GB
UNTITLED #5, 2021
Archival Pigment Print, Mounted on Aluminium Dibond, Framed with antireflective art glass
90 x 60 cm
91 x 61 cm - framed _ Overseas ship...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Glass, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color
#4, Tree Huggers from the Future, 'Star Wars like Eco-tourists in the Wood'
Located in London, GB
UNTITLED #4, 2021
Archival Pigment Print, Framed (Unframed option is also available - please enquire for an offer)
30 x 46 cm / 12 x 18 inches approx. plus frame
Edition of 10 + 2 AP
Other dimensions are also available
Series: Tree Huggers from the Future
Signed on verso
"On a recent walk in my favourite area of woodland I came across a group of time travelling eco tourists, appearing one by one from a brilliantly bright space suspended over a small pond.
They had come back to our time to study trees and invited me to document their research. Apparently they knew I would say yes.
Twice now our trips have coincided, almost as if they knew where and when I would be going on holiday, and I must admit, I hope our paths cross again, as I find them strangely photogenic." - George McLeod...
Category
2010s Performance Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
#3, Tree Huggers from the Future, Eco-tourists studying trees - colour print
Located in London, GB
UNTITLED #3, 2021
Archival Pigment Print, Framed; white frame with antireflective glass; larger size - framing options available)
30 x 46 cm
Edition of 10 + 2 AP
Series: Tree Huggers...
Category
2010s Surrealist Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
#2, Tree Huggers from the Future, 'Funky eco-tourist levitating in the forest'
Located in London, GB
UNTITLED #2, 2021
Archival Pigment Print, Framed; white frame with antireflective art glass
30 x 46 cm
Edition of 10 + 2 AP
Other dimensions from a smaller editions also available
Series: Tree Huggers from the Future
Signed on verso
About:
"On a recent walk in my favourite area of woodland I came across a group of time travelling eco tourists, appearing one by one from a brilliantly bright space suspended over a small pond.
They had come back to our time to study trees and invited me to document their research. Apparently they knew I would say yes.
Twice now our trips have coincided, almost as if they knew where and when I would be going on holiday, and I must admit, I hope our paths cross again, as I find them strangely photogenic." - George McLeod...
Category
2010s Futurist Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
#1, Tree Huggers from the Future - (Man in Yellow Hazmat Suit in a Poppy field)
Located in London, GB
George McLeod, UNTITLED #1, 2021
Archival Pigment Print
30 x 46
Edition of 10 + 2 AP, Framed; white frame with antireflective art glass (Unframed options...
Category
2010s Surrealist Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Truth - the honesty seed, Print on Glass, hand gilded with Lemon and Moon Gold
Located in London, GB
Truth, 2017
Print on Museum Glass, Hand gilded with Lemon and Moon Gold
31 x 31 cm/ 12.2 x 12.2 in (custom framed)
Edition of 5
This print is from a series of images made from a collection of honesty seeds gathered at the end of baking hot summer... The papery enclosures are like parchment through which the light filters with a pale gold delicacy."
The beauty of the pieces printed on glass are truly revealed when seen in the flesh, which shimmer in the daylight and change constantly as different light sources are reflected off the print.
"My fascination with colour goes back a long way. One of my earliest creative recollections has me sitting at a table endlessly mixing paints in a valiant but ultimately futile attempt to 'invent a new colour'. It was an imperative that kept me occupied for some time as I recall. The result was always the same - and unedifying fudge of pale peach and silver." - Valda Bailey...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
Blossom Blizzard, Stanmer Park, Sussex; Spring landscape with Gold leaf
Located in London, GB
Print detail:
Painting like photographic print, Printed on Museum Glass and Hand Gilded with Gold leaf in custom made frame.
41 x 57 cm (Framed)
Glass Print from Edition of 1/5
Series: Blossom Blizzard (New Print on Glass edition 2022)
Shipping: The print on glass would be packed and into wooden crate for artwork protection and shipped with professional art shippers.
About the work:
"Despite T.S. Eliot's assertion that 'April is the cruellest month', I invariably feel a sudden surge of wellbeing and optimism when the first scent of spring hangs in the air. I know I'm far from alone in this - photographers and artists surely feel that sense of excitement as keenly as any gardener eagerly rifling though their seed packets. Mother Nature, it seems, is handing us our images on a plate. The light is soft and benign, the colours, gentle, and the countryside seems to suddenly be filled with boundless enthusiasm. Quotes such as 'Spring is nature's way of reminding us that every day is worthy of celebration' pop up on social media with unfailing regularity - long before the first cuckoo is heard.
This image was taken at Stanmer Park, just outside of Brighton. A blustery day in early April, the air was filled with the sweet smell of April and the profligacy and exuberance of the new growth emerging was inspirational. Blossom-laden branches were everywhere but I concentrated on one small tree that stood apart from the rest. For reasons unclear, its tiny flowers seemed whiter, fluffier, altogether more generous than that of any of its neighbours.
It was bitterly cold. The type of cold that can only be experienced when one has left home in overly optimistic clothing, only to realise that the wind chill factor hadn't been accounted for when getting dressed. I struggled on for about half an hour - reluctant to retreat to the warmth of the nearby cafe and the very enticing appeal of a cup of coffee.
Fortunately, my inspiration came quickly - as the tiny petals blew around my head and I stood there shivering in all my reckless optimism, I realised it felt like nothing more than being encased in one of those half-domed snow globes. The fiercest blizzard was surely never this intense. I certainly couldn't imagine it ever being this cold.
Photographic perfection is not my objective. Its obedient conformity initially attracts, but, for me, leaves little enticement to investigate further. So it was that the tangled complexity of branches and the disparate arrangement of blossom engaged, rather than frustrated my aspirations. By layering image upon image, frame upon frame, I was able to build up the layers of blossom and emphasise the movement of the branches. All photographic images represent a moment in time. The way I make my images combine several. I walked around the tree, back and forth trying to engage with the long-limbed gaucheness of its extended branches.
The colour palette needed little intervention; I don't think anybody makes a paint called 'blustery blue' but perhaps they should. This contrasted beautifully with the jade and emerald grass, subsequently overlaid with soft white snowflakes and created, what for me, was a very pleasing and fresh arrangement of seasonal colours." - Valda Bailey
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
Calla Lilies, Sill Life Flowers, Pigment Print, from medium format transparency
Located in London, GB
"In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends." - Okakura Kakuzo
Calla Lilies - flower study, originally taken on medium format Fujichrome transp...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color
Colour print of Anthurium flower in red green and yellow
Located in London, GB
“Nature creates nothing without the purpose” - Aristotele
Anthurium - flower study, originally taken on medium format Fujichrome transparency colour film in the studio setting, in 1...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blue Moon Rising Tree Print on Glass with White Gold leaf in white frame frame
Located in London, GB
"I am primarily driven by an exploration of colour and form. My objective is to bring an emotional is to bring an emotional element and aesthetic balance to my work."
"It came to me in the middle of the night - as these things often do - that to incorporate gold leaf into the finished print would neatly encapsulate some of the elements I am trying to express. Its application would obviously have to be done by hand with all its attendant imperfections and mistakes. Kintsugi - the Japanese art of patching broken ceramics with gold - shares its aesthetic with Wabi Sabi." - Valda Bailey...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Gold Leaf
In a Search Of... Print on Museum Glass with 23.4 carat Rose Gold leaf
Located in London, GB
"An image taken in Pushkar during what was to be a memorable trip and the last link with normality before the pandemic took hold. We travelled around India, the days becoming more and more precious as we got the sense of Covid's restrictive net closing in around the world.
The image was finished some months later, while fully in the grasp of a second lockdown. The addition of gold leaf symbolised for me a sense of hope and the spiritual energy with which I will always associate India, and especially Pushkar." - Valda Bailey...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
#7, 'Tree Huggers...' Red Blue Trees and Sky; Abstract Landscape Art Print
Located in London, GB
George McLeod
Untitled #7, Tree Huggers from the
Future, 2021
Archival Pigment Print, Mounted Dibond in custom frame;
with Black Stained Oak and antire...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Glass, Wood, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographi...
Cedars, Twilight's Path 001 - Forest at night...
Located in London, GB
Cedars - A dense stand of western red cedar guard the path into the darkness beyond the lamplight. A gap in the foliage creates a void, an invitation to enter into an unknown and unc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Oak, Walnut, Cedar, Plate Glass, Archival Paper, Photo...
