{"id":19,"date":"2012-02-10T12:15:36","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T12:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimwhitty.co.uk\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2014-03-04T13:26:12","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T13:26:12","slug":"recent-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jimwhitty.co.uk\/?page_id=19","title":{"rendered":"Other Recent Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are some recent paintings, some of which are still available.<\/p>\n

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The Bend In The River<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Willow<\/a>

Willow Drift<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Lost<\/a>

Lost Garden<\/p><\/div>\n

\"PrimaveraWEB\"<\/a>

Primavera – spring born out of winter<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Bridge<\/a>

Bridge – (happiness trail)<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Dark<\/a>

Dark Matter<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Lane<\/a>

Lane End<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Falling\"<\/a>

Falling<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"The<\/a>

The Light Seeps In<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"The<\/a>

The First Wild Night<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"The<\/a>

The Wood For The Trees<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"TheStillnessOfaSummersDayWEB\"<\/a>

The Stillness of a Summer’s day<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Brook\"<\/a>

Brook<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"The<\/a>

The Promise of the Day<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Floating<\/a>

Floating Downstream<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Birdsong\"<\/a>

Birdsong<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Secret<\/a>

Secret Path<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Cern's<\/a>

Cern’s Return<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"The<\/a>

The Green Man<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"The<\/a>

The Green Man – Exterior<\/p><\/div>\n

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Trees, Rivers and Spirits<\/p>\n

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This series of paintings continue Jim\u2019s ongoing exploration of the woods around his Somerset home.\u00a0 They are places of constantly shifting light and mood according to weather, time and season, and this is reflected by the use of a variety of styles and colour pallets. Some are closely drawn, to create the endless detail of a forest scene, while others are painted loosely, at speed, to capture the energy of a sunlit spring morning.<\/p>\n

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There is a sense of brooding mystery to many of these works. \u00a0In some, the colours are pushed to almost hallucinatory levels, while the use of the triptych format echo religious icons of the past, suggesting some residual trace of spiritual resonance. Others hint at an elusive narrative that is only half glimpsed through the trees, leading the viewer on, or drawing them back into the personal mythologies and tales of woods, that we all carry with us from a very young age. \u00a0Nothing is explained, and conclusions lead off in various directions, like the myriad of wild paths that wind through the forest.<\/p>\n

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But these paintings remain, largely, immersive visual impacts of colour and form, evocative of fleeting moments of wide eyed wonder, \u00a0when an experience in the natural world can leave you feeling energized and glad to be alive.<\/p>\n

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