High, Wide and Plentiful

Mixed Media on Canvas

43 × 68 in

109.2 × 172.7 cm

$11,000


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Image of Contemporary art piece titled Phil Darrah by Phil Darrah
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Phil Darrah

I had begun to allow the things in my immediate environment that I habitually looked at with fondness, to have a greater presence in my paintings. The Purple Martin birdhouse in my yard is invariably the first thing I see as I look out of my bedroom window. This shape with it’s serrated edges, formed by the three tiers of platforms, that constitute the birdhouse, struck a visual chord for me and being similar, in my perception at least, to the serrated edges, of an architectural niche in a wall in Karnak in Luxor, which in ’89 had also had a powerful impact, began to be a starting point in the centre of each picture.

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