BROKEN

BROKEN

I started this painting on April 6th, 2020, and finished it on April 27th.  If you check back you’ll see that’s right in the first month or so of “isolation” in the Covid-19 Pandemic of 2020 here in Canada, and in particular, British Columbia.  These are troubling and very difficult times for all of us.

I’d seen this tree, on the Squamish Reserve lands just north of Gibsons, for over 25 years.  Though always intrigued by its shape, no painting ever “came into focus” for me.  It was Joy who enticed me down there again early in April.  We took advantage of our evening “social isolation” walk to make our way down to the ocean shore.  She insisted that the tree had to be painted.  It was in the evening as the last rays of the sun were warmly touching the gnarled shape.  As soon as we approached the tree, I knew this was the time that I’d be able to find my painting.

It wasn’t until I got home and started working with the photograph that I noticed one branch having been broken off.  And that broken branch dominated my thoughts as I painted the image over the next 3 weeks.  I always find the meaning, the story of the painting, as I paint.  But this one was different.  I knew the title was supposed to be “Broken”, but search as I might I can’t find the story that would go with it.  I couldn’t change the title, it had to be “Broken”.  That broken branch somehow just insisted.  The title was predetermined.  So perhaps – in that is the message.  That is the purpose of this image.

Perhaps the painting and the title are all I’m supposed to do.  Maybe, in this time of very personal experience for all of us, maybe you are to find some reality in the painting of the old dead tree with the strange title “Broken”.  We’re all making our way one day at a time through the stresses of “personal distance” and “isolation” in this year of the plague 2020.  We all have our own personal experiences and stories as they pertain to the invisible virus trying to touch each of us.  I’ll leave it at that.  Maybe, in this historic year that we’re all finding our way through, you are to just enjoy the tranquility of the image, or perhaps you’re to find some very personal meaning in the title that demanded to be used – “Broken”.

Pricing

My images predominantly sell as limited edition prints (either serigraph or giclée). As such, there is a wide range of pricing, too wide to list within this website. I’ll explain.

My original paintings, those that are still available for sale, range in price from $4,000.00 and up. In most cases though I have limited edition prints available of my images. Needless to say, they are far less expensive than the original paintings. If you are interested in a particular original painting, please contact me at your earliest convenience at info@edhillart.com

If it’s a limited edition print you’re interested in, let me explain. Because of modern day technologies, the image you are interested in can be giclée printed on either paper or canvas. The canvas images can be rolled up and shipped in a simple tube, or they can be stretched on a frame and shipped that way. So too, these images can be reproduced custom made to your wishes. In other words I can create a print in the size you desire, either to fill a small space, or to fill an entire wall. I’ve included below a photograph of a client’s dining room with two of my prints reproduced in a larger format.

You will see that some of my pieces shown on this web site, those lithograph reproductions and art cards, do have fixed prices. The rest of my images, however, can be priced only when I know specifically what you, the client, want. As such, if you are interested in a particular image, please contact me, Ed Hill, directly at info@edhillart.com

Once your order has been determined, you’ll be able to make payment through PayPal provided herein.

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