The Sun Will Rise Again

When I was invited to make piece for Oriel Blodau Bach inthe old New Inn village noticeboard I realised I could have fun with some offcuts of reflective signboard plastic from the County Council road sign dept; something cheerful to catch the light as we pass from winter to spring. I had a limited range of colours so the subject suggested itself. Taking inspiration from Emil Nolde's north German coastline work made during his Nazi imposed exile, when he had to use the only paint available to him: children's poster colours; he created richly coloured streaky paintings of the sunsets and sunrises. I was also inspired by Klimt's pupil Hundertwasser's jewel-like images, and the striped watercolours made by Paul Klee. I used map pins to honour the tradition of noticeboards and the ephemeral nature of the information; the collage technique refers to the school that once existed in New Inn. The title comes from Barack Obama's last address as President of the USA `before handing over to Donald Trump. https://orielblodaubach.wordpress.com/exhibitions-arddangosfa/present-presennol/