Cross Purposes (canvas print)

Title: Cross Purposes.

Copyright: © 2018 Dan Sullivan.

Medium: Limited edition giclée reproduction print based on an original painting of this name (completed 2018) by the same artist.

Materials: Printed on high quality Hahnemuhle Art Canvas Smooth 370 gsm canvas, stretched over 40mm wooden stretcher bars.

Image Size: 51 cm x 40.5 cm (20" x 16"). All sizes approximate.

Canvas Edges: 4 cm deep, printed with ‘mirror wrap’ imagery to complement main image.

Released: 2018.

Signature: Each copy is hand signed by the artist and sequentially numbered.

Edition: Strictly limited to 50 signed and numbered copies.

Certificate of Authenticity: A signed certificate of authenticity is supplied with every print purchased.

It's a wonderful game, Scrabble.

Played at so many levels by such different people – old and young, experts and amateurs, professors of English and those who can hardly spell, deadly rivals and the closest of friends. Lovers even, or possibly would-be lovers.

I chose this subject before realising I would have to show a credible arrangement of words on the board – or if not credible then at least compliant with the rules and possibilities of the game. You may think I got a bit carried away, but I thought it would be fun to use words that repeatedly clash in mood, suggestion, aspiration, or mindset. Words revealing the players’ innermost thoughts perhaps, betraying priorities, longings, emotions?

Yes I know that no real game of Scrabble ever lends itself to such contrivance, thought association and convenient word links. But I’m sure it can set the mood for an evening of wine and wondering…