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Dennis Spicer Against the Light 24 TH SEPTEMBER - 17 TH OCTOBER 2020 AN ONLINE EXHIBITION PRESENTED BY EDITIONS CONTEMPORARY ARTS, LIVERPOOL
Dennis SpicerAgainst the Light
24TH SEPTEMBER - 17TH OCTOBER 2020
AN ONLINE EXHIBITION PRESENTED BY EDITIONS CONTEMPORARY ARTS, LIVERPOOL
Sophie In The Studio (Detail)
DENNIS SPICER - Against the Light | 24TH SEPTEMBER - 17TH OCTOBER 2020
Against the LightDennis SpicerWhether it’s a figure in the studio, a still life, or a landscape really the subject is, for me, just an excuse to mix up paint and apply it to a canvas. I love the sensual feel of the wet brush dragging over the close weave of the linen canvases I use, the buttery feel of the paint gliding on and the unexpected buzz you get when two wet colours bump up against each other or intermix to make an unexpected contrast or new colour.
Sometimes these happy accidents can be left, sometimes they are either immediately or later painted over, to produce yet another unexpected combination.
This is what I like, the painting into the unknown, not knowing if the painting will end up being the one I intended to make.
My approach will vary. I used to paint with fairly small brushes to produce a fairly accurate rendering of what was in front of me, lately I have been using larger brushes and laying on the paint more thickly and working more intuitively, sometimes the paintings will stick fairly close to what I am seeing, sometimes
they will become more abstracted perhaps incorporating pattern to produce something more akin to a design, but always there is a concern to paint how the light hits the subjects and how that transforms them into a good subject for a painting that is worth me spending time on.
Light. Particularly a back light, or contre jour, coming from behind the subject, casting shadows onto a flat surface, which give me scope to introduce rich dark colours, animating the flat surfaces in the painting and giving interest to the eye, that is what interests me now, and I can see my work becoming more loose and colourful in the future.
Or perhaps I shall return to a more restrained method of working, I don’t know, but that is what makes the process of painting so interesting. Sophie In The Studio (Detail)
Dennis Spicer (Liverpool 2020)
AN ONLINE EXHIBITION PRESENTED BY EDITIONS CONTEMPORARY ARTS, LIVERPOOL
1. Against The Light 38 x 46cm Oil on linen £650
DENNIS SPICER - Against the Light | 24TH SEPTEMBER - 17TH OCTOBER 2020
2. Beth in the Studio 40 x 50cm Oil on linen £700
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3. Beth in the Studio 2 40 x 50cm Oil on linen £700
DENNIS SPICER - Against the Light | 24TH SEPTEMBER - 17TH OCTOBER 2020
4. Big Table with Ornamental Bird 80 x 80cm Oil on linen £1000
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5. Bird Skull Still Life 50 x 50cm Oil on linen £750
DENNIS SPICER - Against the Light | 24TH SEPTEMBER - 17TH OCTOBER 2020
6. Fallen Tree 80 x 80cm Oil on linen £1000
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7. January 60 x 60cm Oil on Linen £900
DENNIS SPICER - Against the Light | 24TH SEPTEMBER - 17TH OCTOBER 2020
8. Pallet View 60 x 60cm Oil on Linen £900
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9. Small Pallet 28 x 35cm Oil on board £300
DENNIS SPICER - Against the Light | 24TH SEPTEMBER - 17TH OCTOBER 2020
10. Sophie In The Studio 46 x 55cm Oil on board £750
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11. Spring onions and Delft Jar 28 x 40cm Oil on board £350
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12. Spring 60 x 60cm Oil on linen £900
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13. Still Life With Bust 65 x 81cm Oil on linen £1000
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14. Still Life With Chess Board 60 x 60cm Oil on linen £900
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15. Still Life with Goldfinch 24 x 30cm Oil on linen £550
DENNIS SPICER - Against the Light | 24TH SEPTEMBER - 17TH OCTOBER 2020
16. Still Life with PVA Bottle 50 x 60cm Oil on linen £800
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17. Table with Curtain 50 x 50cm Oil on linen £750
DENNIS SPICER - Against the Light | 24TH SEPTEMBER - 17TH OCTOBER 2020
18. Table with Figs 60 x 60cm Oil on linen £900
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19. Table with Lemons 50 x 50cm Oil on linen £750
DENNIS SPICER - Against the Light | 24TH SEPTEMBER - 17TH OCTOBER 2020
20. The Yellow Gate 60 x 60cm Oil on linen £900
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Pallet View (Detail)
