Rowan Newton - A Tone of Solitude
Medium: two colour screen print on Southbank Smooth 250gsm paper
Embellished: individually hand finished by the artist
Frame: white hardwood box frame
Mount Style: flat mounted
Glazing: 2mm acrylic
Edition Number: one of an edition of 100
Signature: hand signed by the artist
Certificate of Authenticity: from the Artist’s Studio
Print Size: 50cm x 70cm
Frame Size: 56cm x 76cm
Hanging: nylon cord
Based upon the painting Fortress of Solitude, Newton wanted to present a ‘stripped down’ version, pulling the image back to its’ rawest state. From a limited edition of just 100, this is a two-colour screen print on Southbank Smooth 250gsm paper measuring 50cm x 70cm.
Each copy is signed, titled and numbered by hand and the artist has also hand painted the yellow and orange strip onto each print, not only mimicking the original, but also making each print truly individual and unique.
Rowan’s work focuses on the emotions and inner strength of women. In ‘A Tone of Solitude’, reducing the colours back to just the purples, helps the viewer observe the strength, focus and drive of the subject, while making you ever aware of her loneliness.
Comes with Certificate of Authenticity from the Artist’s studio.
Rowan Newton is a painter exploring the complexity of human emotion through body language and expressive paint application.
With single character compositions, Rowans figures are as complex emotionally, as they are physically contrasting. Bold and vivid, colours combine through scrapes and sweeps as he drags his mixed medias of oil and spray paint over the canvas. The uplifting dynamism owned by the paint collides with the unassuming composition of his forms; a darker edge emerges…
The gaze of the voyeur is irrelevant, as his characters recoil and turn away from our stares, an ambivalent nonchalance to our presence is created. Though beautiful and elegant they make no attempt to seduce us with their naked forms, they are unconcerned with you. As we move past the beauty of colour, we are left with subtle suggestions of darkness, pain and anxiety, moments which create for the viewer a context to reflect on their own unique experiences the same. It is this stark collision of attitude and approach which really typifies Rowans style.
“I want the viewer to look at something that they have seen a thousand times before, but experience it completely differently”
Growing up in Brixton, Rowan developed an early fascination with an urban landscape constructed of graffiti and billboard advertisements. These gritty layers and textures continue to influence his work in the studio as he tirelessly works to blend them in new and conflicting ways.
Rowan has been painting professionally since 2004
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