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Containment and permission

18/10/2021

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An experiment in ultramarine, vermilion, yellow ochre, black: the back of the high street from the top of Lurke Street car park - taking a few liberties.

The shapes and tones and rhythms of Bedford look different from above. It erupts. It seems like an organism as it spreads and ripples over contours and sprawls towards the horizon. There's something both tight and loose about how its window-punctured skin of brick and concrete contains and permits a population. It breathes.
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Amanda
18/10/2021 15:55:19

That's impressive - I really like it. I bet the different paper helped as well.

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Amanda
18/10/2021 19:10:17

Brings to mind this lovely Girtin https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1855-0214-23

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simon
18/10/2021 21:57:40

Thank you, Amanda! I'm embarrassed by such a high comparison. And yes, heavier paper - and, having sketched outdoors first. It felt like luxury to retreat indoors and have uninterrupted time.

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    Bedford UK

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