Eggshells
Artwork details: gouache, 16.5 x 19.6 inches (42 x 50 cm), 2002.
'Eggshells' - newly-hatched Angels - painting by Nancy Farmer
This is a surprisingly dark and disturbing picture, considering it wasn't planned that way. It followed another painting I did - 'Hatchlings' - which had fairies hatching out of chrysalises, like butterflies do (click thumbnail to the left to see that). The reasoning went like this: If fairies (which have butterfly-type wings) hatch like butterflies do, then angels might hatch like birds do. But somehow it all got a bit dark and nasty, and the poor angels look rather abandoned and more than a little demented, whereas 'Hatchlings', which was actually supposed to be a little disturbing, is actually quite serene. Sometimes a painting just develops and it will, and it's probably best just to let it have its way...
'Eggshells' - newly-hatched Angels - close-up of the painting
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Original
Title: Eggshells
Media: gouache,
Image size: 16.5 x 19.6 inches (42 x 50 cm), not including frame dimensions
Frame: framed with glass in front
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Open edition, signed prints are available for this image.
Open edition prints:
| price | paper size | aproximate image size | buy | other info |
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| £7.50 | A5 | 7 x 5 inch / 18 x 13 cm | Image cropped to mostly show only the angels and eggshells (no empty sky) | |
| £26.00 | A3+ | 16 x 12 inch / 41 x 30 cm | This print is in landscape (horizontal) format as it shows just the bottom half of the image and leaves out the empty sky above. | |
| £26.00 | A3+ | 12 x 14 inch / 30 x 36 cm | This shows the full painting. This is not an image I print very often, so I have offered only large prints, but if you would like a smaller print please emil me. |
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| total price | description | buy | other info |
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| £24 | 4 x A5 open edition prints
(£6.00 each) |
Does not include limited editions |
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| £38 | 4 x A4 open edition prints
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| £80 | 4 x A3+ open edition prints
(£20.00 each) |
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