Marty South by Simon Palmer
Simon Palmer is a leading British watercolour artist. His paintings are both spiritual and rustic in nature and are largely based around his home in Yorkshire. His work has a whimsical nature with sometimes puzzling episodes and hidden narratives. First and foremost however he is a landscape painter revelling in the shapes, patterns, colours and detail of the local north Yorkshire countryside. From the apparently familiar he has created an illusion which hovers on the brink of reality
Watercolour, ink and gouache (1997). At first you do not notice the young woman kicking leaves. Your eye is drawn up through the picture, onto the path, up the sculptural trees to the branches above and ineluctably towards the little window of horizon at the top of the picture. And then you see her. Marty South is Hardy’s character in the ‘Woodlanders’. She’s a wood splitter, a maker of thatch for roofs. In the novel she’s neglected by the central character; in this picture, however, she’s kicking autumn leaves. And one can only imagine that she’s wending her way, after all that work, engaged in a happy end of day pursuit.
Artworks are limited edition giclee prints on high quality 310gsm thick, cotton rag. Hand numbered and hand-embossed.
Image size: 67cm x 48cm
Paper size: 79cm x 58cm
Simon Palmer is a leading British watercolour artist. His paintings are both spiritual and rustic in nature and are largely based around his home in Yorkshire. His work has a whimsical nature with sometimes puzzling episodes and hidden narratives. First and foremost however he is a landscape painter revelling in the shapes, patterns, colours and detail of the local north Yorkshire countryside. From the apparently familiar he has created an illusion which hovers on the brink of reality
Watercolour, ink and gouache (1997). At first you do not notice the young woman kicking leaves. Your eye is drawn up through the picture, onto the path, up the sculptural trees to the branches above and ineluctably towards the little window of horizon at the top of the picture. And then you see her. Marty South is Hardy’s character in the ‘Woodlanders’. She’s a wood splitter, a maker of thatch for roofs. In the novel she’s neglected by the central character; in this picture, however, she’s kicking autumn leaves. And one can only imagine that she’s wending her way, after all that work, engaged in a happy end of day pursuit.
Artworks are limited edition giclee prints on high quality 310gsm thick, cotton rag. Hand numbered and hand-embossed.
Image size: 67cm x 48cm
Paper size: 79cm x 58cm
Simon Palmer is a leading British watercolour artist. His paintings are both spiritual and rustic in nature and are largely based around his home in Yorkshire. His work has a whimsical nature with sometimes puzzling episodes and hidden narratives. First and foremost however he is a landscape painter revelling in the shapes, patterns, colours and detail of the local north Yorkshire countryside. From the apparently familiar he has created an illusion which hovers on the brink of reality
Watercolour, ink and gouache (1997). At first you do not notice the young woman kicking leaves. Your eye is drawn up through the picture, onto the path, up the sculptural trees to the branches above and ineluctably towards the little window of horizon at the top of the picture. And then you see her. Marty South is Hardy’s character in the ‘Woodlanders’. She’s a wood splitter, a maker of thatch for roofs. In the novel she’s neglected by the central character; in this picture, however, she’s kicking autumn leaves. And one can only imagine that she’s wending her way, after all that work, engaged in a happy end of day pursuit.
Artworks are limited edition giclee prints on high quality 310gsm thick, cotton rag. Hand numbered and hand-embossed.
Image size: 67cm x 48cm
Paper size: 79cm x 58cm