Jon Rowland
Clovelly Beach #10
A visit to one of the beaches in Sydney inspired a series of sketches and paintings that explored the relationship between the hard dock areas, the adjacent parkland and beach, the cliffs that surround the narrow inlet and the toungue of water, where people and fish manage to mix. Each of the sketches plays with aspects of the place’s attributes; the large concrete platforms; the red rock; the steps down to the beach; the houses on the crest of the surrounding hills.
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CoastDimensions
80 x 80 cmMedia
Acrylic on canvasFor Sale
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Coast
Journeys to south west Scotland have also provided an environment that continually changes, hour by hour with the weather and the tides. Hot sands in high summer, winter rains at high tide, and peaty streams as the snows melt form part of a long-lasting theme that Jon has explored for many years. Painting at the edge of the water requires the ability to capture the essence of the moment, before it’s lost; though the next moment, the next tide can be equally inspirational. Jon continually returns to the Fleet Estuary to paint the coves, bays, and mud flats, again searching for the underlying colours and sense of space.
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Jon Rowland
Jon draws on locations that have played a part in his ‘artistic journey’, exploring space, light and colour, and it is this juxtaposition. He manipulates emerging abstraction to express the essence of a particular ‘place’.
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