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Jonathan Newey Berkshire, United Kingdom, Turmoil, acrylic, 80 x 80 cm (31 x 31")
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My Inspiration pencil sketches to sort out composition middle. After priming the canvas, I paint
My paintings have always been inspired by and shape and then produced a number napthol crimson over the canvas and allow
nature. Animals, landscapes and the weather of colour sketches using oil pastels on it to dry and then pour on acrylics diluted
have been a major part of my work for most paper. I experimented with different colour with an acrylic polymer and water to the
of my life. My abstract work draws on a way combinations using coloured card and felt desired consistency. The first colours to go
of looking at nature both in a different way tips. A black pen is helpful to adjust the on are napthol crimson and titanium white.
and from a different perspective; either up pattern and texture. The oil pastels help These have the consistency of double cream,
close under a microscope or zoomed out me produce a softer colour sketch, which which will bleed more by spraying with
satellite photographs of earth from space. in turn helps me visualize the more fluid, water. Whilst these are wet I drop in small As with conversations, artists sometimes slip into visual clichés. OK. —Harley Brown
Photographs of the cosmos taken from the finished painting. I produce three different amounts of household gloss black and white
Hubble Telescope have also influenced my sizes of paintings and sometimes do smaller paint, which spread rapidly, but due to their
abstract painting. I have also used patterns versions before painting the larger pieces. solvent base do not mix with the acrylic
I see in tree bark, old wood, rust and stone for This time I decided to go straight for the achieving a marbled effect. I then wait at
ideas and all of this comes together to help me large size at 80 by 80 centimeters. least a week for the painting to dry.
with composition and colour balance.
My Working Process Contact Info
My Design Strategy I stretch the canvas over a board that has
Using earth from space as inspiration, 3-centimeter battens attached to the back » Email: jnewey210@gmail.com
I started with some simple black and white to prevent the paint from pooling in the » Website: www.jonathannewey.com

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