THE ART OF DOUGLAS EWEN
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Every painting by Douglas Ewen is both a romance and a
powerful statement of time and place.
In the Lubéron series the main influence is that of time. Objects
found or observed in the landscape speak of the ancient
character of this place. The paintings have an unmistakable
medieval aspect which resonates of the ancient land of Gaul.
Indeed, some of the objects which became the initial motifs
for some of the paintings may well have lain where they were
eventually found by the artist since those ancient days.
In the Roussillon series the influence changes to that of place.
The time is now, or rather it is the time that a particular
phenomenon of place impinged on the retina of the artist and
remained there, like an afterimage, while he revealed not just
its forms but its qualities of 'earthspace' on canvas. These
paintings are about what it is like to be in an open environment
at a particular brief moment of time. To see intently. To select.
Then to evoke, much as a poet might evoke using words or as a
composer would using music.
With this in mind, perhaps it is not entirely coincidental that
much of Douglas Ewen's work has a resonance with the music of
that most visual of composers, Claude Debussy.
powerful statement of time and place.
In the Lubéron series the main influence is that of time. Objects
found or observed in the landscape speak of the ancient
character of this place. The paintings have an unmistakable
medieval aspect which resonates of the ancient land of Gaul.
Indeed, some of the objects which became the initial motifs
for some of the paintings may well have lain where they were
eventually found by the artist since those ancient days.
In the Roussillon series the influence changes to that of place.
The time is now, or rather it is the time that a particular
phenomenon of place impinged on the retina of the artist and
remained there, like an afterimage, while he revealed not just
its forms but its qualities of 'earthspace' on canvas. These
paintings are about what it is like to be in an open environment
at a particular brief moment of time. To see intently. To select.
Then to evoke, much as a poet might evoke using words or as a
composer would using music.
With this in mind, perhaps it is not entirely coincidental that
much of Douglas Ewen's work has a resonance with the music of
that most visual of composers, Claude Debussy.
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