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The intense colours, complex layered composition and broad range of painterly techniques in this painting are typical of Lanyon's work from the early 1960s. Lanyon's use of masking, dry-brush, washes and thick impasto creates a layered composition that reflects its aerial inspiration.

A student of Gabo and Nicholson in the 1940s, Lanyon applied their Constructivist ideas to his abstract landscape images. In an attempt to gain new perspectives Lanyon took up gliding in 1959 – an experience that informed a series of paintings based upon his experiences of flying over the Cornish coastline.

The Pier Arts Centre

Stromness

Title

Heather Coast

Date

1963

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 119.6 x W 150 cm

Accession number

PAC 34

Acquisition method

gift from Margaret Gardiner, 1979

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

1. exhibition label for Tate (Pier Gallery Collection 20th Sept-29th Oct 1978). 2. '34'. 3. exhibition label for Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums (Pier Gallery Collection 1978). 4. 'CAT-34 / WHITE PLASTIC / COVER'. 5. '47'. 6. '5'.

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