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Yarra Bridge ·
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Acrylic |
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Board |
| Year: |
2010 |
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Third place - monthly qualifier of McClelland Guild of Artists, "Artist of the Year" competition (February, 2010) |
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Acrylic painting of one the old bridges crossing the Yarra River in Melbourne, Australia. |
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Several years ago Matt Irwin kindly gave me a selection of prints of his photographs. I have had them in storage using some as inspiration for sketches as I have been getting back into my fine art career. |
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Recently, whilst preparing for the first meeting for the McClelland Guild of Artists for the year, I was trying to think of a subject for the theme of the first Artist of the Year competition for the month of February (2010). Urban theme was scaring me a little I must admit, as it is not one of my common themes to paint. I suddenly remembered a beautiful print done my Matt of the view under one of the old bridges over the Yarra River in Melbourne (Victoria, Australia). |
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It is a black and white photograph, which was not important. It gave me the inspiration I needed, all I had to do was keep to a limited palette and do the photograph justice. |
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The painting came out much better than I anticipated. Before it was framed I showed it to a potential client and she bought it on the spot. She has been kind enough to allow me to present it at McClelland Guild of Artists before she takes delivery and I have been able to frame it to her specifications so that she has exactly what she wants. A win-win all round. |
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If the painting does well in the competition, another commentary will follow. So far though, there have been very good comments from all who have seen it. |
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Because of this, I contacted Matt have been given permission to proceed with the sale and reproduction from his work, as he is the original photographer and I owe him for his kindness. |
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I am also very happy to include some information about Matt and his gallery taken from his web site. |
| Dimensions: |
45 cm (width) × 23 cm (height) |
| Ownership: |
Private collector |
| Credit: |
Original photography by Matt Irwin |
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