Engine Room
This is the first of a suite of three paintings derived from drawings that I made in the engine room of the SS.Freshspring.
The ship was a former naval water carrier stationed in Malta and was built in 1946. It is now moored in Bideford and undergoing restoration by the Freshspring Trust.
I am trying to achieve in this painting an arrangement or composition that responds to the abstract in terms of layout and use of the canvas surface, whilst retaining elements of narrative. This approach is influenced by the American artists Paul Kelp and Charles Sheeler amongst others.
This section of the painting clearly shows the metallic qualities of the surface. Some spacial projection is employed by using the top of the piston movement to push forward away from the flatter area of the background.
Whilst the majority of the subject is shown with very limited space, the top right has an almost cut away feel revealing more components of the engine room portrayed in more light and colour than the rest of the work.
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Pete's paintings are all made using good quality acrylics on professional standard linen or cotton canvases such as those by Winsor and Newton. They have warp resistant kiln-dried, bevelled solid pine stretcher bars. The canvases are archival and acid free. Each painting is varnished with appropriate acrylic varnish and simply framed by Pete. The frames are easily removed if a purchaser wishes to re-frame a painting.
The paintings on this website are all nautical or maritime in their subject matter. Pete does have paintings embracing other subjects and he can show you these using either Google Meet, Zoom or WhatsApp.
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Engine Room - 2023
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