the artist

Bethany is an English artist currently living and working in Wiltshire. Bethany builds up layers using paint and drawing until a rich texture evolves with a beautiful history of addition and subtraction. The piece takes on many forms and has a great many faces until a design emerges and a refining process begins. This reduction of elements is both bold and considered, both radical and cautious. Eventually the composition settles and final adjustments complete the piece. Bethany’s work is often a reflection of the experience of landscape and she spends much time immersed in the natural environment that so inspires her.

the sound

Bethany says: “I’ve always been drawn to that fleeting moment between night and dawn - when the darkness begins to lift, but the world is still quiet, almost suspended. There’s something both eerie and deeply peaceful about that transition, and it’s that atmosphere I wanted to explore in ‘Aubade I’.

While painting, I often listen to Chopin and to me his ‘Nocturne No. 10 in A Flat’ with its dynamic yet delicate focus perfectly captures what I was reaching for: a sense of calm and stillness, gently stirred by the growing energy of a new day just beginning to break.”

the artwork

This is an original acrylic painting on canvas, sold framed in a natural wood frame measuring 48 x 63.5 cm.

delivery

There is an additional packaging & postage charge of £25. The artwork is free to collect from our Walthamstow or Clapton galleries.