Reverse Glass Painting - Port of Glasgow (£250)
Kit Boyd (b. 1969) - For Rupert Brooke (£150)
- 23 x 23 cm
An original Aquatint, number 3/100. In a style reminiscent of the British Romantics, Kit Boyd creates prints, collages and paintings which analyse our relationship with landscape and our place in nature. Kit has a degree in Visual Art from Aberystwyth University where he studied between 1988-91, and where he often returns to draw inspiration from the wondrous landscapes of mid-Wales and Shropshire. During his time at university, Kit developed a love for the British romantic tradition. Following in the footsteps of Samuel Palmer and neo-romantic artists such as Graham Sutherland, Paul Nash and John Craxton, Kit’s work matured into an exploration of nature as a refuge from the modern world. Kit’s figurative prints are an ode to the pastoral idyll and aim to channel the mysterious spirit of place. His rural lino works take viewers down winding paths surrounded by lush forests, vines and flowers that twine in mysterious hills and leaf-covered roads. Mixing elements of both surrealism and realism, the richness of Kit’s tinted and hand-coloured prints draws the eye and enable the viewer to go beyond their typical surface appreciation of the world. Kit exhibits with Greenwich Printmakers, Southbank Printmakers and several private galleries in London.
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Karl Heffner (1849 - 1925) - A river landscape view at dusk (£1,950)
- 64 x 44 cm
Oil on Canvas, Signed. Karl Heffner was a well-regarded German landscape painter in oils and watercolours. Karl Heffner was born in Würzburg in Bavaria in 1849. His early training was as a musician, but he had a strong interest in painting, and he travelled to Munich to study with Adolf Stademann and Adolf Heinrich Lier. Stademann taught him how to capture the subtle quality of winter light. Lier, also a landscapist, subscribed to the realism of the Barbizon School, and we see his influence in the directness and immediacy that characterise many of the scenes painted by Heffner. His works are held in numerous public collections including at the V&A in London.
Oil painting
River Landscape
Reverse Glass Painting - Port of Glasgow (£250)
- 28.2 x 24 cm
Circa 1810, reverse glass painting of the Port of Glasgow.
Glass paint