25 Adstock Crenellations by Cathy Read

Cathy Read

25 Adstock Crenellations

Watercolour and Acrylic ink

17.8 x 17.8 cm (7.01 x 7.01 in)

Inv: 825

£250

25 Adstock Crenelations
Yellow, orange and brown are the predominating colours in this painting. If you look closely though, you'll see blooms of dark red, violet, and olive green. The sky's a deep speckled cerulean blue.
There is little left of the initial painting in the piece. The layers have been built up over one another, not thickly but thoroughly.
The details are confused, there's so much going on. The belfry window opening with slanted slates. The smaller window below practically vanishes into the stonework. The diamond panes just visible as white outlines traced on the green and brown paint. There's a buttress stepping inward towards the tower from the roof. From the base to the roof, The top of the tower is edged with crenelations. In reality these details are crisp and sharply defined. Here it's almost as if they're embarrassed to be here. Why are they here? Fashion? Style? Function? My knowledge of architecture fails me.
Having done some study, it depends on the age and location of the building whether it's defensive or decorative.

The Twenty fifth of a series of 50 paintings all 7" x 7" detailing architecture features from buildings in the Buckinghamshire area. Part of a challenge to create 50 paintings in 2018.
25 Adstock Church Crenellations

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