Teddington Lock is the boundary on the Thames where the river stops being tidal. Below the lock the water rises and falls with the sea; above it the river settles into its steady inland self. It is the kind of fact that gets the attention of anyone who walks the towpath often, and Joshua's painting catches the spot in its quieter register. Soft, natural colours; gentle flow of water; the lock gates suggested rather than drawn out. Hand painted en plein air, which means Joshua set up at the lock itself and worked the scene in front of him before the light changed. It is the painting equivalent of going to the place rather than working from a photograph, and the difference shows in the air around the water. Oil on panel, approximately 30cm by 40cm, signed by hand. Sold unframed so you can mount it the way it suits your wall.
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Teddington Lock is the boundary on the Thames where the river stops being tidal. Below the lock the water rises and falls with the sea; above it the river settles into its steady inland self. It is the kind of fact that gets the attention of anyone who walks the towpath often, and Joshua's painting catches the spot in its quieter register. Soft, natural colours; gentle flow of water; the lock gates suggested rather than drawn out. Hand painted en plein air, which means Joshua set up at the lock itself and worked the scene in front of him before the light changed. It is the painting equivalent of going to the place rather than working from a photograph, and the difference shows in the air around the water. Oil on panel, approximately 30cm by 40cm, signed by hand. Sold unframed so you can mount it the way it suits your wall.
Joshua paints British rivers in oil, the Thames mostly, with a few weeks each year on the Solway coast. The light he chases is the light Constable chased: dusk along Pen Ponds, morning on the towpath, the moment the tide turns at Teddington Lock.
Joshua paints British rivers in oil, the Thames mostly, with a few weeks each year on the Solway coast. The light he chases is the light Constable chased: dusk along Pen Ponds, morning on the towpath, the moment the tide turns at Teddington Lock.
