Kit GlaisyerFine Artist. Gallery Owner. Exhibit across the UK & Worldwide.

The path up Lewesdon Hill, oil on canvas, 71x123cm #painting #art #britishpainter #contemporaryart

Name: The path up Lewesdon Hill, oil on canvas, 71x123cm #painting #art #britishpainter #contemporaryart
Uploaded: 2024-08-07T11:27:18+00:00
Duration: 58 s
Channel: Kit Glaisyer
Description: In this brief spoken commentary, the artist explains that the painting titled 'The Path up Lewesdon Hill' is unusual for his oeuvre because it guides the…

7 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief spoken commentary, the artist explains that the painting titled 'The Path up Lewesdon Hill' is unusual for his oeuvre because it guides the viewer into darkness rather than light, a departure from his typical luminous compositions. Despite the dark visual direction, he describes the work as uplifting, attributing this feeling to the mysterious, magical energy of Lewesdon Hill—a historic hill‑fort with an ancient, unknown past. The darkness in the painting is framed as an invitation to embrace mystery and the untold stories that may have unfolded on the ancient site.

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Now this is an unusual painting of mine because it actually leads you into darkness, and most of my paintings tend to lead towards the light. And yet I still think this is a really uplifting painting. It really taps into the energy of Lewiston Hill, which is a very kind of magical, mysterious place. And so this darkness is really about going into that mystery and really embracing that mystery. It feels like a really ancient place. It is an ancient hill fort, so it's got that sense of, yeah, unknown stories happening there. And I mean, who knows what happened in the past.