Edward Burra
An English Country Scene No
2
1970
watercolour
on paper
78,7
x 133,4 cm
I particularly like Edward
Burra's later landscape watercolours. They celebrate nature and the English
countryside, but they also draw attention to the destructive nature of
mankind's quest for progress and perhaps Burra's own poor health and impending
death.
This work is odd and
dreamy, with the occasional spectre lurking in a storm cloud. But that
dreaminess is not overdone, lorries and diggers and industry keep the imagery
rooted to something familiar. He makes rural England seem both welcoming and
threatening.
I find his off-kilter
vision and technique peculiar and beautiful.
Sam
Windett, 2016
Sam Windett
Column & Plant
2011
oil on canvas
50 x 35 cm
Sam Windett (UK)
Blue Arrow
2015
oil,
house paint and collaged paper on linen
50
x 35 cm
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