Thursday, 15 March 2018

Artist's Inspiration - Alan Dilly


Drawing study of The Great Pine by Paul Cezanne - Alan Dilly

Free Machine embroidery (135mm square) - Alan Dilly

This machine embroidery is based on one of my favourite paintings 
The Great Pine by Paul Cezanne. (Oil on canvas 1892 – 6).

I went to Paris where it was on loan from Brazil and spent some time sketching it. 
Although I also made a copy painting to practice his technique, I had in mind to develop this as a piece of textiles 
I tried to follow the direction of the brush work in the original and used 17 colours of Madeira threads, as close to Cezanne’s pigments as possible.


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