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G135A Idiotic Gardener Cheerily Planting Flowers On The Moon Oil on canvas panel May to Jun 2008 Size 280x220 mm

About this painting Painting in isolation is a thankless task, and sometimes it seems like a pointless one. To spend hour after hour, day after day, on a painting, giving love and extreme attention to each detail, often to gain only disappointment. Sometimes painting can be like a mad gardener planting flowers on the sterile moon. That is what this picture is about. Far from the green Earth, a lone gardener gives time and care to his star-crossed seeds.

Technical details I frame my own work using stained pine. I prefer dark warm frames with a modern boxed profile, and I occasionally decorate the frame to match the painting. The frame for this picture is grey and textured like moon dust.

Idiotic Gardener Cheerily Planting Flowers On The Moon Price: £195 This painting is framed. Click here for ordering information