Moulding Tapestries

XTC were an English rock band formed in Swindon in 1972

XTC illustration

xtc band walking

Vintage Renaissance Era architectural design from the Canon of the Five Orders of Architecture by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, 1562.

This broken room was part of the Northern tower of the Christchurch Basilica. Can you imagine the rising winter sun casting a pink glow across the ceiling and corner wall, which slowly moved down as the the sun ascended.

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Dark Satanic Mills Whilst painting outside in the rain I added media/paint to the surface which then washed and spread and finally formed shapes which remained, these reminded me of smoke and dust and pollution rising from an Industrial factories from 1760 to the mid to late 1800's, hence the title. I added some impasto marks to represent, in a semi-abstract way, the factories themselves utilising dark compressed tight hues intersperced with minor flecks of colour thus giving a further perception of atmosphere and depth. This effect, painting technique, can only be achieved by saturating the media, in this case 300lb Saunders Waterford rough hand made water colour paper, which is resilient enough not to degrade yet slowly abs...

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