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Corbett, Wendy - original giclee, signed and numbered

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Corbett, Wendy - original giclee, signed and numbered
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ARTIST: Wendy Corbett

TITLE: Golden Sky

MEDIUM: original giclee on archival paper

SIZE: 13 x 22 (image)

EDITION: 95

CONDITION: EXCELLENT

RETAIL/GALLERY PRICE: $550
Mid-career British artist Wendy Corbett creates captivating works based on her two passions - wildlife and the sea. Her approach to these two subjects very widely, bringing together two disparate techniques that shape a wholly unique collective vision.
In the artist's own words:
"I started using pastels fairly recently and I'm amazed that I had neglected this wonderful medium for so many years. Pastels are instant, I can put on broad sweeps of colour and the card is transformed. I start by putting on the colours very roughly, which gives me the mood of the picture. I work on card, which has a sand texture. This suits my style as it allows me to put the pastels on quite thickly and merge them together creating a feeling of movement, which is perfect for my subject, be it clouds or sea. I put on layers of different colours and then blend them, creating either a soft feeling for the sky or rolling waves and surf of the sea - I just let it 'happen'.
"In stark contrast, my wildlife drawing is very intense; it can take several weeks to complete one piece. I sketch in the composition very lightly and then build up the pencil working from light to dark; it is very much a continual thinking process. These pictures take much longer to come together. They can sometimes be almost finished before I know if I have got it right or not, although usually as soon as I have done the eyes it springs to life and I know if I have captured that something special - the essence of the animal.
"Using two such completely different techniques and mediums is good for me, it stops me getting stale; they compliment each other really well being such opposites."