by Kit Boyd.
Three plate linocut print, available in a simple black frame.
”The figure in the boat is based on John Minton's dust jacket cover for Time Was Away from 1948. The figure is asleep in a boat on a beach, so I have imagined the sea has come in and swept him away. The original reduction linocut was titled The Dreamer, but I decided to retitle this 3 plate version to Cast Adrift following the interesting conversations that arose when talking to viewers about this image, as it seems to draw out the psychological state of the observer.”
Image size: 21 x 30 cm.
Frame size: 32.5 x 43 cm.
Edition of 15, numbered, titled and signed.
Kit Boyd follows in the British romantic tradition, creating landscapes from his imagination which are inspired by real places such as the rolling hills and lanes of mid-Wales. Bordering on the surreal, his pathways lead you away from mundane reality into his strange yet familiar world. Green men and folkloric creatures appear often in his work. Kit works from his studio overlooking the Thames Barrier in London. He exhibits widely across the UK, and has recently been creating commissions for English Heritage and the train stations on the Darent Valley line in Kent.