Rowland Hilder - The Downs

Watercolour on paper. ‘It is not always my purpose’ (writes Hilder) ‘to sit down and paint literally what my eyes tell me is there in front of me, but to search for the essence of time and place’.

And elsewhere:  ‘If I can get a really good bunch of contradictions going in a painting I know I’m onto something’.

Here, for all who know the Downs – their wondering pathways through fields of yellow and green, blue yet often lowering skies, are the Downs on an English summer’s afternoon. 

Size: image: 27.00 x 37.00; paper: 43.00 x 49.5cm

Format: Giclée Print, Limited Edition (1/750) on 310gsm thick, 100% cotton rag.

© Rowland Hilder Estate