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Some Corner, Alice Gorton

Some Corner

Mixed Media on Canvas
76 x 102cm
2014
SOLD


I was commissioned by the charity 'The British Forces Foundation' to create a work around the theme of the remembrance poppy. For me the poppy is a very powerful symbol, a symbol not only of remembrance, but gratitude and unity. I wanted to develop the painting further to show the damaging and complicated effects of the war in Afghanistan, I used the opium poppy as a signifier of the wider issues that have caused and prolonged this war and as a reminder of the economic and social implications. I included the army boot prints to represent the human scale and human cost of the war.
The name is taken from a poem called 'The Soldier' by Rupert Brooke who was one of the Dymock poets. 
This painting was Auctioned at the British Forces Foundation Summer Ball

Giclee Limited Edition of 100 Prints available in:
A3 Fine Art Paper: £95
A2 Fine Art Paper: £160
A2 Canvas Prints: £240


All profits will go to the "British Forces Foundation" Charity.
Please Email me at alicegortonartist@gmail.com, or use the contact form to order.

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  • Home
  • About
  • Exhibtions
    • Current Exhibtions
    • Upcoming Exhibitions
    • Past Exhibitions
    • Photos of Exhibitions
  • Rural Series
    • April
    • Peony Explosion
    • Patchwork
    • Avon
    • Embankment
    • Bluebells 2
    • Bluebells
    • Ginkgo Striation
    • Ginkgo
    • Ginkgo Leaf
    • Ginkgo Square
    • Gingko 2
    • Ginkgo Gold
    • Rumble 2
    • Rumble
    • Metamorphosis
    • Lush
    • A New Year
    • The Thicket
    • The Last Lily
    • Cherry Blossom
    • Larch 3
    • Larch 2
    • Larch
    • Night Fall
    • Lanterns
    • Secret Garden
  • Travel Series
    • Aberystwyth Rocks
    • Welsh Mountains
    • Edinburgh Skies
    • Torrent
    • Waterfall
    • It's Pronounced Foy
    • Malta
    • Cyprus
    • Bali
    • Everyone Still Calls It Saigon
    • Llandudno
    • The Bridge, NC
    • Oslo
    • Brighton
    • Edinburgh
    • VIA
    • Gambia Thunderstorm
  • Smoke Series
    • Pollen
    • Swoop
    • Crystal Smoke
    • Breath
    • At This Point In Time
    • Smoke Above
    • Steel Tempering
    • Smoke & Embers
    • Smoke
    • Fire & Smoke
    • Fire & Smoke 2
    • Fire & Smoke 3
    • Fire & Smoke 4
  • Commissions
    • Boundless
    • Every Drop Counts
    • Edvin Loach Church
    • Durham
    • The Barbican
    • Some Corner
  • City Lights Series
    • Finite
    • Strobe
    • Drift
    • Nocturnal
    • Lightwave
    • Oil Slick
    • Reflection
    • Viridescent
    • Sparked
    • Arc
    • Flare
    • Glare
    • The Gloaming
  • Contact Info.
  • Urban Series
    • M6
    • Sodium
    • Neon
    • Fluoresce
  • Rural Series 2
    • Dappled
    • Tulip Memories
    • 3 Day Summer
    • Flourish
    • Submerged
    • Scoured
    • Sugars
    • Norfolk
    • Flush
    • Coronation Wood
    • Verglas
    • Niveous
    • Canopy
    • Blackberries