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Scottish modern art artists- Michael Heseltine

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Having been influenced by Mark Rothko I decided to do a map of the loch using colour to represent the mood, while also painting within that the places where fish were seen. The two main blue colours evoke a sensation and mood while, juxtapositioned against that is a very different objective of a 'map' of the movement of fish. The island and boat house also feature, with a swan nesting on the right. However, the overall sensation hopefully echoes some of the Rothko abstracts. I am fascinated by the combination of map making and including the mood of a place within the map. Modern Scottish art has often touched on this, perhaps due to many Scottish artists being interested in depicting places and incorporating their history.
I have recently enjoyed keeping with a subject for a series of paintings over a long period. I have often made the mistake of either working the painting to death or painting over it too quickly! Often a rejected painting when returned to some months later appears much better and just a few alterations makes it work. This discipline of never throwing anything away is worth keeping to. By sticking to a subject an in depth knowledge and understanding develops. This allows you to distill the real essence and identify what to leave out as well as what to depict.

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