STILL

STILL

Painted in a time when calm serenity was a luxury, indeed almost a priceless commodity, I found solace in the very exercise of creating this simple composition.  I suppose that’s what drew me to the composition in the first place.  The uncomplicated and graceful flow of the arbutus branch, and the stillness of the foliage, had a value deep within my very soul.  It’s an unusual type of painting for me, a still life.  But why?  I didn’t know, I just had to paint it.

In the future, when people see this image, they need to know when it was painted.  In the depths of the 2020 Covid 19 pandemic, we all found ourselves enduring an unfamiliar and perhaps fearful lifestyle.  We were living in a time of imposed isolation and very real community caution.  And even though few would admit it, we were all looking over our shoulders for the invisible, and some feared – inevitable, infection of Covid.  An absence of the human touch, families unable to enjoy each other’s company, and a constant awareness of who we were too close to  at any given time, were the realities of the day.  For some, the manifestation of their mental stress was a change of eating and drinking habits.  For others, a short temper.  For some, more exercise or emersion into hobbies or other productive pastimes.  At some point every day, without fail, our brains were going at top speed, and we needed to slow down.  Those were the times of this painting being created.

And so, I found this simple composition.  As I painted, my mind slowed to the pace of the creative process.  My spirits lifted and for a time I escaped.  I waited for almost 2 weeks after the painting was finished before the title came to me.  I sat one day looking at my painting.  Searching, mentally exercising my creative abilities, and then it came.  As I sat, consumed in my thoughts, distant from the realities of the day, it came to me.  I was enjoying the moment, and the very simple painting I’d created.  The problems of the day were far, far away.  The painting was working its magic.

Finally, I was “Still”.

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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