The Kiss

Original acrylic on canvas by David Page

150x150cm unframed

154x154cm framed in white tray frame

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

William Forbes Marshall, known as ‘The Bard of Tyrone,’ wrote the
poem ‘Purple and Gold’ about 19th-century emigration. It contrasts
the new life in the American West with the poignancy and separation
from memories of the homeland—a common theme for the displaced
in 19th-century Ireland and Scotland.
The painting explores the idea of light as hope and space, captured at
the top of the painting. This is contrasted with dark and textured
elements representing memory at the bottom, an evocation
prompted by the lines:
‘And the sun that smites the prairie
Throws a kiss to dark Tyrone.’

William Forbes Marshall, Livin in Drumlister p24, The Blackstaff Press