New Limited Edition Prints

Three new limited edition prints have been launched at the NEC Spring Fair. Only ninety-five of each have been produced, signed and approved by the artist. These three stunning canvas prints have been sized close to the original, for true impact. Highly collectible due to the success of the initial preview, they are predicted to be a sell out - currently available from Washington Green and all partnership galleries.

Drew Darcy has again managed to bring a fresh look back to the figurative art world.

A Touch Of Rouge

I’ve focused on the torso of the female model and tried to expose the relationship between fabric and skin. The soft red tones merge all over the canvas, which bleed from the fabric as if the viewer is looking through a red filtered lens.

I’ve used direction lighting from the right, which flows over the curvature of the female form and helps to enhance the folds within the fabric.

The models pose suggests an air of confidence but at the same time could she be bound or restrained? If this is true, then this evokes is a sense of vulnerability and could also be a moment of intimacy. The painting has been cropped with two bands of block colour at the top and bottom. This reinforces the suggestion of constraint.

Cool Blue

Again, I’ve focused on the torso of the model. With the use of one light source from the right side, shadows are created over her garment and enhance the folds in the fabric. She wears a simple white garment, which somehow makes the painting timeless. The fabric clings around her frame and helps show the curvature of her body.

Solid blocks of colour sit in the background and project her forward from the canvas to add the illusion of three-dimension or some kind of hyper reality.

I’ve created the space to the left of the painting, which coincides to her head being turned and suggests her looking towards something. The painting invites the viewer to wonder what she is looking at. Is she waiting for someone? Or maybe she’s holding on to something behind her back?

Dressing Up

I wanted to represent more of an action sequence in this painting and a sense of movement as time passes. There is a clear sense of her dressing up from the left to right. Each stage has been separated on the canvas by three definite boundaries of block colour. The figures are slightly overlapped to keep a sense of belonging and unity. This also helps to add depth and dimension to the painting as she leaps out from the canvas.

Keeping the action in three stages creates a classic sequence. There is a definite start, middle and end. Being that she is turned away from the viewer, there is a sense of voyeurism and perhaps this is a stolen glance, as she gets dressed up for an evening out.