The Sower

Title: The Sower

Copyright: © 2015 Dan Sullivan

Medium: Acrylic painting on canvas.

Materials: Acrylic colours on Loxley 12 ounce (420 gsm) 100% linen canvas, bound to an MDF (medium density fibreboard) support.

Protected with two coats of acrylic varnish, plus isolation coat. Framed in a bronze coloured, matt finish, solid aluminium moulding.

Canvas Size: 72.5 cm x 57 cm (28.5” x 22.5”).

Size including Frame: 77.5 cm x 62 cm (30.5” x 24.5”). All sizes approximate.

Signature: Hand signed by the artist, both front (monogram) and back (full signature), with year of completion.

Certificate of Authenticity:  A signed certificate of authenticity is supplied with this painting.

I’m not a religious man but the Bible is a good place to find stories, and particularly the parables.

The Sower has been portrayed by many great artists – Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Jean-Francois Millet, Vincent Van Gogh and John Everett Millais to name a few.

Of course it is also an image used metaphorically, when for example we talk about scattering knowledge, sowing the seed, cultivating ideas or seeing our words fall on stony ground.

So both the pose and the principle are incorporated into this jolly composition. Amid a wealth of (somewhat transparent) New Testament symbolism, the weary young teacher scatters on undaunted.

 I’ve done a bit of teaching, I know that feeling.