Stopping Place (Atchin tan)
Artist: Michael McEvoy
- Size: 24 x 30 x 1 inches (61 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm)
- oil on canvas
- One-Off / Ready to Send
- No Frame Required
About the artwork
Stopping place and a well earned rest from walking with the wagons on a journey through the rural countryside to pick Leeks, spring greens, asparagus and onions. Freedom depicted by the Goldfinch in the painting as it comes and goes from an open cage. Freedom depicted by the wagon on open ground outside of the fence to the left. Set in a different era but based on my own travels with the Gypsies. A journey from Oldham northern England to Bristol south west and then back to the Midlands uk where I still reside. My final atchin tan Painted on stretched canvas with edges painted as part of the scene. Finished in a soft sheen varnish to

Michael McEvoy
Artist Biography Belfast Northern Ireland born U.K. artist Michael McEvoy based in Nottingham. I studied art at Belfast School of Art and at Manchester and Nottingham. I was the first art and design technician in the United Kingdom for the City Technology Colleges at The Djanogly C.T.C college. From 2008, full time free lance artist and life drawing tutor. While an accomplished artist in etching and engraving, acrylic and water colour painting and wood carving. I have painted in oils for several years. My subject matter mainly concentrates on figurative art or portraits. Often relating to experiences from life or from memories of my childhood’s whimsical imagination. They all have a story to unfold. I have exhibited in the North and M... (see more)
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