Robyn Litchfield was the winner of the Jackson’s Painting prize 2020 in the Landscape / Seascape / Cityscape category. The winning painting, The Hollow Place, which is shown below immediately drew me in. I saw a link to a topic that I wanted to attempt but had, to date, avoided. It also resonated with the work that I had been completing for “Exercise 1.3 – The mirror as a stage”.
Robyn is based in New Zealand and her inspiration comes from the primeval landscapes there. She works both from photographic images from the 19th century and photographs taken by herself . Her working method is similar to my own in that she works from sketches, smaller painted studies then larger canvases. Her paintings capture landscapes and often use reflections to amplify space. The colour palette for each painting is limited and subdued. This gives the paintings a coherence. The colours are not typically representational of the actual colours. Most of her works have an amorphous shape which is added as an unconscious act.
Two more of her paintings are replicated below.
As stated earlier in this blog I am drawn to these paintings and see links to where I would like to take some of my work. I have a set of photographs which examine a similar topic, see below, which I will attempt to turn into a painting which will be my Assignment Three piece.
Mark Taylor 'Studio Practice' 