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Trees and Sky series - Under Control
In the series of Trees and Sky linocuts the colour behaviour was influenced by Mark Rothko's oil paintings
"Red on Maroon" (1959) and "Black on Maroon" (1958). In Mark Rothko's paintings he creates a strange haunting
light and not just areas of colour. The light appears to shimmer like the sky with undertones of dull clouds
breaking through from underneath the brightness.
The pictures in the Trees and Sky series have been made by using three plates. The first plate to paper was
multiple colours of the furthest background to give a base of undertones. The second plate ties the sky and
background colours and allows some of the colours to shine through. The third plate contains the outline of
the trees.
Under Control
In Under Control, the trees have not been pruned by nature but by man. They are kept at a manageable height
and all the weak and any unnecessary growth is pruned away. The group of trees is part of the boundary for
the Sandwich Nature Reserve in Kent. The trees are prevented from growing as tall as the trees in "Standing
Together" but even though they are all pruned in the same way each one of them is unique.
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Title: Under Control
Location: Sandwich Nature Reserve, Kent
Image size: 22cm x 26cm
Medium: Linocut 3 Block
Edition size: 17
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