About the artwork

This painting started out as message art where the words ' just accept it ' were painted an up-cycled dust sheet with a rough and wide uneven weave. The fabric is difficult medium to use. It was stretched over a reclaimed old 4ft tall x 5ft wide wooden frame, stapled and impregnated with at first, white emulsion..after several layers there were still gaps. At this stage I painted the words ' just accept it ' in charcoal..this washed out mostly with the next application of thin paint ..leaving a slight residue and it disappeared and re-appeared as I tried to infuse the media with some form of permanence. I changed the paint media to water colour, then gauche ....after several more applications a shadow remained as I washed out each layer with water a.l.a, my " art in the rain " series.technique and went through the whole process with acrylic paint, washing it out a couple of hours later..eventually I set the media with an acrylic varnish, letting it wash the latest topping of the words away as I stood the canvas upright. Once set, dry - I could now apply the words again, wash them out and use the canvas as intended...but it did not quite work out that way.. the semi-permanence of the words and the media moved me towards using different types of oil based paint & oil pastels over impasto and layered acrylic substrate to make up a whole new painting, which is an abstract landscape in a semi-psychedelic style. The title and the message stuck. This is an original up-cycled piece of art with an oil painting finish and very heavy for a dust sheet, impasto in parts, textured and substantial. The finished painting, is combative, bold, vibrant, a statement piece as a semi- psychedelic abstract which reflects the fact that we change things daily in out interactions with them. Some may call it retro, funky, I can live with that. So, Just accept it. Thank you