Rescued canvases from skips
Lately, I have been parking my car at the back of the Priestman Building because of work at the front. At the back of Priestman Buildings there is a skip. One day, I looked into the skip and found discarded canvases that other students had thrown away. I hate to see things going to waste so decided to rescue them.
My chosen genre for this semester is The Pitmen Painters, so I have decided to recreate my own interpretation in the style of the Pitmen Painters. As you can see this canvas was a black canvas covering the original work and measured 45cm x 45cm. Onto this canvas, I started to recreate my own piece using Norman Cornish's painting entitled Mobile Fish Shop as the main focus, incorporating similar characters from some of his other paintings.
Even though Norman Cornish was classed as a Pitman Painter, he stronly reputed it. However, I do feel his work was similar to that of the Pitmen Painters as his subject was everyday life in the North East.
I have also incorporated the style of another Spennymoor artist, Tom McGuiness in my piece.
Tom McGuiness was born in Witton Park in 1926 and when he left school worked down Spennymoor Pit. He studied at the Darlington School of Art and was one of the artists at The SApennymoor Settlement and became good friends with Norman Cornish ( Kelly, 2013).
Reference
Kelly. M (2013) Nostalgia: Reputation grows for artist Tom McGuiness The Journal 25th June , 2013