{"id":24739,"date":"2020-06-30T10:11:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T10:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/?p=24739"},"modified":"2020-06-30T10:31:09","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T10:31:09","slug":"new-summer-seascapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new-summer-seascapes\/","title":{"rendered":"New Summer Seascapes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Even though I\u2019m one of those cowardly types who can\u2019t stand cold water and rarely go swimming before the end of June, I do love gazing at the sea\u2026 Well, who doesn\u2019t? Charakopio is a couple of kilometres from the Messinian gulf, and a smidge more from the open shores to the south, so there\u2019s no shortage of coastline around here, with everything from fine sand to rocky coves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last month, when we had an early two-week heatwave in Greece, I began a new series of small acrylic seascapes. I wanted to convey the intense blues of these early summer days. The series is ongoing.. Each painting portrays a variation in the weather \u2013 ranging from windy days with choppy seas, to cloudy days threatening a storm, to calmer, still millpond days. They all convey a feeling of summer in Greece, lying on the beach, gazing out at the distant horizon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019m exploring a new way of creating these seascapes\u2026 Painting with acrylics, I initially apply the paint to a Geli Plate \u2013 a soft printing plate used for creating monoprints. Working with palette knives, credit cards, spatulas and pieces of card, I build up the layers in the sea and sky on the plate. I lift one, or possibly two prints before the picture is set free from the printing table and allowed to dry. Finally, I work into the paintings with whatever each one needs\u2026 a little more paint or some colourful inks\u2026 a few more waves or more depth of colour. So why bother using the geli plate? Simply because it\u2019s an excitingly unpredictable process which can create some really interesting and unexpected marks to work with when developing the painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Painted with artist\u2019s quality acrylics on smooth watercolour paper, these little seascapes measure 12 x 12cm (4.75 x 4.75\u2033) and are mounted in a white matt measuring 23 x 23 (9 x 9\u2033) ready to pop into a standard size 23 x 23cm (9\u00d79\u2033) frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They\u2019re not yet up on the website, so are available at the special price of \u20ac59.00.\u00a0 This includes complementary shipping within Europe. (If you\u2019re outside Europe, just\u00a0contact me<\/a>\u00a0for a shipping quote).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you\u2019d like to give one of these paintings a home, just\u00a0contact me<\/a>\u00a0asap with the number of the painting and we\u2019ll take it from there. Meanwhile, here\u2019s a few close-ups of the available paintings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a0Here\u2019s a little video I took last week on a very deserted Memi beach\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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