Stones is based on an unusual sketch and resulting painting of a Stone Circle in Cornwall in 1956 / 1959, which is in the Lowry collection in Salford.There is something ethereal about the sketch and quite modern in its abstract depiction of standing stones.
Lowry travelled all over England and produced a wide range of beautiful and evocative landscapes in his own style, as can be seen in the final painting. This represents Lowrys’ underlying solitude, some would say loneliness, which I love in his art. He is renowned for the throngs of people in his paintings but not far from the surface there is a strong element of a man as an island, as he stated himself:
“Had I not been lonely, none of my work would have happened.”
from L.S,
released January 1, 2009
Written and Recorded by O Johnson
Mixed by K Johnson
Artwork by O Johnson
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