Night Park (After Hieronymus)

By Jenny Mellings 2008 - 2012

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Jenny Mellings

Dimensions
125 x 165 x 4

This painting was started in February 2007, but finally evolved into it's current form. The group of birds was originally based on detail from a painting by Hieronymous Bosch. The scene is now also reminiscent of a night walk in a Parisian Park in midwinter. The trees are drawn in graphite onto an oil painted surface.

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Jenny Mellings

Jenny Mellings

This is a painting of two layers relating to the experience and limitations of communication via Skype. The shadowy 'figure' is trapped behind a screen, obscured by the pointillist/divisionist dots of light. The colours suggest a nocturnal view, dominated by orange, which reflects of the ubiquitous colouring of the sodium vapour streetlamp.