Art Class

Original acrylic on canvas by David Page

120x120cm unframed

124x124cm framed in ink tray frame

More by David Page

This body of work by David Page is part of an exhibition titled 'Our Land' which launches in Canvas Galleries September 26th 2024.

Our house sits on the edge of the Glens of Antrim, the home territory of poet John Hewitt. In his poem ‘The Glens of Antrim,’ Hewitt elucidates his craft, describing how he has ‘drawn this landscape,’ sometimes beginning with ‘scribbles’ and then ‘drilling’ his pen to reveal the universe of his interest.

In ‘Art Room in a City School,’ Hewitt extends his technical virtuosity by examining the visual artist's landscape toolkit with a ‘loaded paintbrush,’ ‘wrought’ surfaces, ‘scissored textures,’ and by exploiting ‘hoarded scraps.’

Thus, in these paintings, Hewitt's work inspires a sanctioning of experimentation and mark-making of all forms—fierce application, scratchings, scrapings, deposition, rubbings, sandings, and slashings.

Sources - John Hewitt - The Glens of Antrim and Art Room in a City School

'The Collected Poems of John Hewit' - edited by Frank Ormsby P251 and P181