Weight of Light

Original acrylic on canvas by David Page

120x120cm unframed

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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.

Reflecting on a completed painting, a simple line can sometimes sum
it up. John Hewitt’s poem the 'Glen of Light' has such a line for this
painting, where in extolling the sense of openness and light
suggested in the title, he observes the airy valley void has 'body
palpable'.

John Hewitt, The Collected Poems of John Hewit (Frank Ormsby Ed)
p231, The Blackstaff Press, Belfast