West Pier Rampion Wind Farm Song

£192.00

Description

 ‘West Pier Rampion Wind Song’

Print description

The remains of the West pier and the Rampion Wind Farm with a bold graphic approach.

Print details

Panoramic format. Print size 124 x 30.5 cm approx. Signed print from a limited edition of 100. From original ink drawing to which I apply colour digitally. Printed on fine art paper using archival inks.

The West Pier

The industrial revolution brought social and technological advances. Among these, the Victorian championed the promotion of well being. For this reason many seaside towns built leisure piers across the United Kingdom inviting all segments of society to enjoy the benefits of clean air and gentle exercise. The West Pier, possibly the most beautiful in the country stands today, sadly, as a bare and weathered wrought iron structure.

In 2019 I held an exhibition at the West Pier Centre where I showed my work. My interest for this charismatic structure is well documented in numerous prints where I have featured the remains of the West Pier.

The Rampion Wind Farm

On the horizon stands the Rampion Wind Farm. In April 2018, E.ON developed this offshore wind farm off the Sussex coast, with a capacity of 400 MW. In a competition, local schools voted for the name ‘Rampion’, suggested by a pupil, as the chosen name for the wind farm. The name relates to the plant known as round-headed rampion (Phyteuma orbiculare), also called the Pride of Sussex, the county flower of Sussex.

The wind farm, like the West Pier in its time, has become part of our legacy for the future and will be remembered as a technological advance of our era in the production of energy from renewable natural sources.

base ink drawing for panoramic print named West Pier Rampion Wind Farm Eventide by artist alej ez
Photograph of the base drawings for the art print. I draw these on A3 sheets of specialised marker paper with calligraphic brushes, fine-line ink pens, sponges, sand paper and other materials. The medium is watercolour, ink and charcoal. I scanned these to form the main line work and patterns in the final print.
‘West Pier Rampion Wind Farm Song’ framed panoramic art print.

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