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View of Pontygwaith, David Gould

This painting was done directly from observation in Pontygwaith, a village in the Rhondda Valley in South Wales. I tried to explore the encounter between the energies of growth and light, and the constantly changing configurations of colour and surface seen in the subject. I was fascinated by the ways in which light and shadow spread across the surfaces, dissolving, concealing, revealing or emphasising features. This painting celebrates my delight both in painting and in being out of doors in all seasons, responding directly and closely to the changing states and moods of nature. Please note that the frame size is 78.5 x 62 x 3.5 centimetres

https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-View-of-Pontygwaith/703647/4014213/view

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Prelude, David Gould

In this work I assembled together fragments from a variety of everyday sources, cast into an intricate low relief surface in acrylic, and I then added watercolour, gouache and other media. The fragments were cast directly from the commonplace, unspectacular fragments of everyday life, and I hoped to reveal the concealed mysteries and beauties of the everyday world. Bits of everyday stuff are transformed by the application of colour and shown in fresh ways, and subtle qualities of shape and surface are reinforced. Thus this work can perhaps be seen as both abstract and representational, and grew from process, serendipity and the accidental encounter with small things which turn up in everyday life. Please note that the frame is in dark grey wood, size 22 x 18 x 3 centimetres.

https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Prelude/703647/3930435/view

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Skirmish - Limited Edition 1 of 1, David Gould

This work shows people having fun, absorbed in the enjoyment of being in water and with one another. They could be any of us, indulging our own childlike and unselfconscious delight in swimming, splashing and cavorting in the warm and inviting sea. The images were originally recorded in Italy on digital video and digital techniques are used to link together successive momentary images, and to reveal minute sequential fragments of time and activity within a pictorial space. I have invented my own ways of combining digital with handcrafted techniques, and I use a shallow bas relief to try and animate the typically mechanical and processed character of the flat digital print with a hint of the three dimensionality and other qualities of colour, texture and surface of bathers and water. The relief surface gently breaks through the picture plane and enters the space of the viewer, to give an impression of figures who appear to swim within the surface of the work. This quirky, even dreamlike work celebrates the minute, inconsequential, but often surprising moments of everyday life. Repetition and small variations of movement and gesture appear as though frozen, isolated from the familiar flow of time and space, and enhanced by the incessant motion of the sea. Please note that the image is bonded onto board and framed in white wood without glass, frame size 97.5 x 70 x 3.5 centimetres

https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Photography-Skirmish-Limited-Edition-1-of-1/703647/3993076/view

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Lattice, David Gould

In this work I assembled together fragments from a variety of everyday sources, cast into an intricate low relief surface in acrylic, and I then added watercolour, gouache, coloured pencils and other media. The fragments were cast directly from the commonplace, unspectacular fragments of everyday life, and I hoped to reveal the concealed mysteries and beauties of the everyday world. Bits of everyday stuff are transformed by the application of colour and shown in fresh ways, and subtle qualities of shape and surface are reinforced. Thus this work can perhaps be seen as both abstract and representational, and grew from process, serendipity and the accidental encounter with small mechanical and other things which turn up in everyday life. Please note that the frame is in dark grey wood, size 23.5 x 20 x 3 centimetres.

https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Lattice/703647/3915260/view

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