Mathew and the Bee
I had already painted the Bee on an earlier visit to Bristol. On a subsequent visit I wanted to have a closer look. The Mathew had been moored next to her and the composition, made for a great contrast between the two vessels.
The Mathew is a replica of the ship sailed by Cabot to America in 1497. This painting built on the techniques I had used for the Bee.
The oily slick water provided me with the opportunity to explore the image of water as a series of abstract shapes merging to present the required surface.
The historic form of the Mathew makes a foil to the geometry of the Arnolfini gallery in the distance.
Pete Newell talks about his paintings discussing his methodology, composition and process.
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.
His paintings are all for sale. Selling is an interesting point for artists. Pete's belief is that "painting is communication and that to complete the creative circle one's art needs to have an audience to communicate to." The act of selling is to complete that creative circle.
Mathew and the Bee - 2019
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| Medium: Acrylic on canvas | ||
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