Description
Brilliance by John-Mark Gleadow
Image Size: 24″ x 24″
Limited Edition Gallery Wrapped Canvas Giclee in Publisher Proof, Artist Proof and Signed & Numbered editions. Publisher Proof and Artist Proof are hand embellished by the artist.
Artist Statement
“Brilliance” was born from my being constantly astounded by the amazing photographs of my good friend, Dan, who lives in Orlando. I finally approached him about the possibility of doing a Bibliotheque Painting based on his photography – an
idea that really excited him! As I chose the images I would use for my composition, Dan’s photograph of the sea turtle was so amazing in and of itself, I felt it deserved to be a standalone painting.
It’s the same thing that occurred as I was putting “The Day the Music Died” together. Kurt Cobain was originally in the spot where David Bowie eventually wound up, but Kurt’s blue eyes were so powerful, the viewer’s eyes immediately went to him, throwing the balance of the composition off. Thus, I did a painting of Kurt by himself, and the turtle gets her own painting as well.
In “Brilliance” I use all the colors on my palette, which is quite a feat for me on an original which is just 16” x 16”. Both the Cobain original and “Brilliance” are on canvas, instead of my usual panel, which presents the added challenge of overcoming the weave of the canvas, since I paint so thin and yet still need to achieve the same level of photorealism. I love how Dan cropped his photograph and, also, how, though photorealistic, the painting has a lot of abstract elements, which I was excited to explore.
This painting can be left unframed or would look great in a floater frame.
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John-Mark Gleadow
