Rustic / Lodge Rosalind Wheeler Framed Art

101.6 cm H x 66.04 cm W, White Framed

Great art deserves to be on canvas! Unlike thin posters and paper prints, Giclée canvas artwork offers the texture, look and feel of fine-art paintings. This artwork is crafted in the United Kingdom with artist-grade canvas, professionally hand-stretched and stapled over North American pine-wood bars in gallery-wrapped style; a method utilized by artists to present artwork in galleries. Your gallery-wrapped canvas comes mounted to a 2 inch thick, elegant hardwood frame. The art is inset, leaving a 3/8" space between the art and frame; creating a "floating" illusion. Fade-resistant archival inks guarantee perfect colour reproduction that remains vibrant for decades even when exposed to strong light. Add brilliance in colour and exceptional detail to your space with this contemporary and uncompromising style!

The title 'This New Life' echoes that of the dystopian novel 'Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley. The vision is of a performer on stage, at the bottom of the sea or weightless on the moon, their head encased in a bubble of green glass or liquid - to help them breathe. The spiral on the shell is a symbol of the universe, the shape of a spiral galaxy. The incredible detail of the individual strands of a feather mesmerises and create a state of contemplation of the beauty of the natural world and its patterns and structures.

This print was one of a small number that was produced during 2020 in the first UK lockdown and is part of the artist's response to the pandemic. 'Under Moss & Stones' once again examines the patterns and structure of the natural world, a branch is a river seen from space, shells have a similar appearance to ears, spirals and tunnels. The words 'let me have a word in your shell-like' appear in your head alluding to poetic imagery from the 19th century. Look at the image closely, inside the shell is a human ear and a human eye, she lives on the earth, under the moss and stones keeping company with insects.