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The Girl in Red

Oil on linen with a canvas support made by the artist. The idea for this work was triggered by the painting by Francisco de Zurbarán. 'St. Francis Kneeling', 1635-39, in the National Gallery, London, but the subject is contemporary. A girl kneels in prayer. Within the painting, sexual maturity comes with a collision of ideas, beliefs and values. As with much of my work the gaze of the unseen spectator adds to the sense of the vulnerability of the subject, leading some observers to compare my work to the paintings of Edward Hopper.

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Laurence Reggea Beddows

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I love the heavy red velvet textured material the gaze to heaven the clasped hands. desperate times. wonderfull... Posted Friday 13th August '10

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Born in South Yorkshire and now living and working in France, Paris. His education began at Bretton Hall College before moving onto studying an MA at Huddersfield University.

His studies into textile design meant he could explore with vigour the tangible tactile qualities using unconventional materials gave his. Layering plaster with thick undiluted oil paint gave rich, painterly textures with a sense of fragility and evocativeness.

More recently the use of a raw, organic colour palette, depicting elements of movement is the artist's up most intention. His work celebrates the simplest of forms and delivers them into a contemporary age that conveys honesty and emotion. The relationship between his ability to manoeuvre paint and express fluidity and energy, is clever yet unintentional.

There's an apparent flexibility in his creativity which is explorative and challenges the scale of how each form is depicted.

Registered: 2009-11-21

Location: France, Paris

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