Field divide at Wycollar

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Lovely textures

Posted by Janet Scott on Fri 09 Nov 13:21:00

Very good and love the foreground.

Posted by Richard Cooper on Fri 09 Nov 15:19:48

That is so strikingly effective. Love it

Posted by Diana Boanas SWA on Fri 09 Nov 16:50:30

They look like sentinels Stevan, or guardians of the underworld in the context of the foreground. The limited palette gives an impression of a held breath!

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Fri 09 Nov 19:13:30

Hi Fionna, I get what you mean. The real thing has an ancient mysterious feel.

Posted by Stevan Petrovic on Fri 09 Nov 20:18:01

Hang on Studio Wall

09/11/2018

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I have long been intrigued by the stone field boundaries at the Wycollar park. I've read somewhere that they are the oldest field dividers in the country? This is just a small section, there are much longer runs, and they are an ideal mechanism to bring a semblance of reality to my abstract foreground. As I often do I have laid a random base of gesso before painting and I have added granulation medium to ink which brings a different texture.

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Stevan Petrovic

I was born in Wakefield West Yorkshire and lived in that area most of my life. I moved over the border in to Lancashire (only just) in 2011. My family and my job have been priorities but I have managed to draw and paint since I was a child. For a short period I was the Chairman of Wakefield art…

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