Painting of the Week... "Ophelia" by Ken Hamilton

"Ophelia" by Ken Hamilton
For purchase within the European Union  €1800
For purchase outside the European Union  €1600
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Ken Hamilton was born and brought up in Nigeria, West Africa and it was here that at first hand he was exposed to the powerful force and form of African Art. His first drawings were encouraged by an Ibo tribal craftsman. Unlike the many European Artists of the 20th century, such as Modigliani, who were influenced by African sculpture, which had been exported from its native land, for Ken the influence was all around.

Ken has spent a considerable amount of time researching the techniques, mediums and pigments of the old masters which can be clearly seen in the gold grounds of some of the paintings exhibited here; harping back to the great Siennese artists of the 15th century and yet purely modern in tone, as Ken himself says 'I want my paintings to be contemporary and also timeless; realistic yet representing an unreal world; almost touchable but totally beyond our reach; as plain as day but still mysterious.'