A3 Image size: 10 x 10 inches
Printed on to Epson Fine Art Velvet paper using light-fast pigmented inks
UNMOUNTED
Presented with a backing board and protective cover
Titled, signed, and numbered in a limited edition of 250
MY WORK
About my process:
I paint with Golden Acrylics (fluid and heavy body) on both fine-tooth canvas and gesso panels. My first step is to loosely cover the white canvas using Van Dyke Brown, Dioxazine Purple and Paynes Grey to build a rich base. I then work broadly, drawing with the paint, shifting the structure around, keeping the image mobile and fluid, and finding the balance. The painting is then built using layers of gels and glazes incorporating mica flakes, copper and gold leaf. I combine thick loose brush strokes with finer detail and scumble pigments in a dry pastel-like manner to increase the shimmer and atmosphere. Some pieces can take months and occasionally years to resolve and I find that leaving a painting on the studio shelf is helpful, seeing it out of the corner of my eye, and accepting that it will irritate me until I finally see a way into the solution.
Working digitally in Procreate on the iPad, I employ the same approach, building layers of light and textures, working broadly, shifting the image around.
I also work on Ampersand Claybord. This is a panel coated with Kaolin clay ground to create an extremely smooth, highly absorbent surface (similar to the clay gesso grounds used during the Renaissance). This is a very delicate and elegant process and pretty much the reverse of my acrylic painting technique. I begin by drawing with soft graphite sticks and then applying Indian ink thinly with mop brushes. I gradually build watery layers on the surface taking time to let the water slowly dry before working into it with steel wool and scalpel blades.
Although all my processes are different they are a very organic and fluid way of working which give me both freedom and control in my pursuit of vitality, atmosphere, and a quiet energy.
March news
March news
March is here and Spring is definitely in the air. It is cold and grey here in Cornwall today but the daffodils and snowdrops are out in the garden along with my favourite bright yellow crocuses.
The print for this month is the best-selling The Nightjar’s Call. The A3 print HERE is now £55 instead of £80 so its a good time to grab one!
the nightjar’s call
MIXED CARD PACK
Mixed card packs
The mixed card pack is back. 16 cards for £20 – one each of the following designs HERE
Free p and p in the UK
PRINT OF THE MONTH
PRINT OF THE MONTH
February: ‘The brightening dawn’
This bestselling print is on offer this month for £55 (normally £80) and free p and p in the UK
The Catherine Hyde Shop
The Shop
Just a reminder that we sell and ship internationally with all Uk orders postage free this January and February 2023. Shipping is calculated at check out but if a large painting is for sale and you are resident outside the UK please contact us for a quote at HERE or at chydeart@gmail.com.
Happy New Year
Happy New Year
Here’s hoping that 2023 will bring greater peace worldwide and a more settled time for one and all.
2022 was a very busy year for me despite my decision not to work on a new book or have a major show. I still managed to work very hard and most importantly refreshed my brain by learning new skills. At the beginning of the year, I signed up for an online photography course with The School of Photography and as a result, my understanding of the science and the process has improved hugely. I only really managed a couple of the courses within the school but I am hoping to go back and learn more. At the end of the year, I also attended a poetry writing course with The Arvon institute at The Hurst in Shropshire. It was a wonderful experience, an intense week quite unlike anything I’ve done before and I’m still processing what I learned.
So, plans for 2023 include writing and an emphasis on more detailed and disciplined drawings. There will be a major solo this year at The Lighthouse Gallery and hopefully a new book is going to be in progress. I’m really looking forward to seeing what will emerge over the year.
I ordered new paint brushes, ink, and paint today and once I have caught up with all my orders I will be rearranging my studio – clearing the decks ready for the new.
Christmas
Christmas
The shop is now closed until the 2 January. You may still place orders but they will not be processed until the New Year.
I’d like to wish everyone a very peaceful and warm time this Christmas and a happy, healthy and creative new year.
CARDS
Yuletide cards bundle packs available now
The Warm and The Cold
THE WARM AND THE COLD
LIGHTHOUSE GALLERY, PENZANCE
A special collection of paintings live online to view and purchase now HERE
5 – 19 November 2022
‘This atmospheric group of works focuses on the last months of the year as the nights draw in and we head towards the Winter Solstice. They evoke memories of the glowing warmth of summer and the familiar echo of the cooling land. Always intrigued by moments of stillness and contemplation Catherine’s highly textured paintings invite the viewer to immerse themselves in layers of light and colour, breathing in the sharp scents of leaf and earth and the crisp bite of frost.’
Mythical Landscapes
Mythical Landscapes Exhibition
A MIXED SHOW CO-CURATED BY TAMSIN ABBOTT WITH SARAH GILLESPIE, FLORA MCLAUGHLIN, LYNDA JONES, GRAHAM WARD, MAZ JACKSON, PETER TARRANT, CHRISTOPHER P WOOD, CAROLYN TRIPP AND CATHERINE HYDE
Please click on the link below to view the catalogue:
Twenty Twenty Gallery, Ludlow
The paintings will be on line and available to purchase from 15th October
