Lot 1169: Haydn Cottam, late 20th/early 21st century- Wooded

Haydn Cottam, late 20th/early 21st century- Wooded lake scene; oil on canvas, 122x152cm: (unframed) Note : Haydn Cottam was awarded the The Carroll Foundation Award, in 1994. The Silver Medal was awarded each year to an artist under thirty five judged to have submitted the best portrait. The Carroll Foundation Award was presented annually between 1990 and 2003. "My paintings are landscapes, which were inspired by cycling in the Scottish Highlands and walking in Brecon, South Wales. They are traditional oil paintings, which acknowledge a contemporary urban view of nature. This is manifest in the use of rectangles, or windows within the pictures surface, which are painted with a different focus, or rendered with different handling of material. These windows are designed to reflect the elemental changes characteristic of the subject, whilst also recognising nature's inaccessibility, despite its proximity. They are both a view of, and a barrier to the true experience of being in such an environment, loaded with romanticism, and folkloric grandeur". (Haydn Cottam) (may be subject to Droit de Suite)