Immeasurably Distant
“The main subject
is the surface,
which has its colour
its laws, over and
above those of
the objects.”
Pierre Bonnard
Within a short distance from where I live there are many plotted and worked pieces of farmland. Each has its own almost individual personality that reflects the type of crop that is grown there and the people that work it. I take great pleasure in visiting each place in turn at various times of the year. This work represents elements of farmland and sky that have been apart of my visual experience since childhood.
The surface of the work has the paint scraped on or scratched back to reveal or obscure the layers below. Just as the land has been worked time and time over so has the painting. What remains is the open expanse of a landscape with recognisable markers removed and the painting slowly making its own way towards an abstract ending.
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Patrick GrieveFarm Field Late Evening 2, 2013oil on linen152 x 152 cmSold
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Patrick GrieveFarm Field Late Evening, 2013oil on linen152 x 152 cmSold
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Patrick GrieveField Crop Flowers 2, 2013oil on linen122 x 194 cmSold
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Patrick GrieveField Crop Flowers, 2013oil on linen122 x 194 cmSold
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Patrick GrieveSassafras Banded Field Spring, 2013oil on linen152 x 122 cmSold
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Patrick GrievePatterned Sky Before Twilight, 2013oil on linen137 x 122 cmSold
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Patrick GrievePatterned Sky, 2013oil on linen137 x 122 cmSold
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Patrick GrieveWild Poppies, 2013oil on linen120 x 120 cmSold
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Patrick GrieveTable Cape Farm 2, 2013oil on linen90 x 90 cmSold
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Patrick GrieveTable Cape Farm Iris Field, 2013oil on linen90 x 90 cmSold
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Patrick GrieveWild Poppy Seed, 2013oil on linen60 x 120 cmSold
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Patrick GrieveWild Spring Field, 2013oil on linen30 x 90 cmSold
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Patrick GrieveSassafras Spring Growth, 2013oil on linen30 x 90 cmSold
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Patrick GrieveStudy Composition Regrowth, 2013oil on linen22 x 60 cmSold