Spectacle, Rising (Glastonbury Series) Painting

“I found myself wandering through this part of the festival late and felt child-like wonder at the illuminations, from what seemed like a thousand glowing twirling hula hoops, giant stalking bird puppets, screens with figures made of pieces of light dancing, all among the shadows of the great tents all around." Area: Theatre and Circus In her first ever artworks directly inspired by and made during actual events, these Glastonbury Paintings are a series of seven paintings made by Evie both on-site and finished shortly after Glastonbury festival 2023. On the series, Evie said: “These are the first works I’ve made since my daughter was born in 2021 - the first time I’ve both been able to paint and felt moved to do so. The paintings are a celebration of the incredible worlds created at Glastonbury by the musicians, actors, artists, makers, staff and festival goers. I thought would try to capture the imaginary worlds that were built for me when I was there; the dark oceans of the crowds at night swaying beneath the far-away light-house lights of the pyramid stage; the cavernous west holts stage aglow with firelight from within; the froth of thousands of tents bubbling beneath the hot sun. Moreover it’s the music; I have tried to imbue within each piece a distinct frame of mind, a mood or moment evoked by the music I heard there. These worlds throb and roar; they climb and cling and soar; they drift and dissipate. The music moved me, like everyone else, and still moves me now, and I hope these paintings have kept alive that movement.” This series features abstracted representations of places and sets that Evie witnessed attending Glastonbury festival for the first time. In the works, Evie applies her distinct emotional blend of colour and indexical brushwork to evoke memories of these moments. Each work is 40 x 50cm - smaller than her usual scale, and with a varnished finish, so as to preserve the vibrancy that is a hallmark of Evie’s raw watercolour pieces.

Painting:Watercolor on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:15.7 W x 19.7 H x 0.6 D in

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