𝐿𝑖𝑚𝑏𝑜: Continuing with the first painting of the project. The 2nd layer of underpainting - 'inking in'.
January 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
𝐿𝑖𝑚𝑏𝑜: Continuing with the first painting of the project. The 2nd layer of underpainting - 'inking in'.
𝐿𝑖𝑚𝑏𝑜: The 3rd layer of underpainting - 'wash/stain', the imprimatura.
Will be taking a pause for a bit to allow for drying.
Will be taking a pause for a bit to allow for drying.
January 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
𝐿𝑖𝑚𝑏𝑜: The 3rd layer of underpainting - 'wash/stain', the imprimatura.
Will be taking a pause for a bit to allow for drying.
Will be taking a pause for a bit to allow for drying.
𝐿𝑖𝑚𝑏𝑜: overpainting oil layers 9,8,7 (images new to old)
I still can't think of a suitable title, and I think the painting is needing something more so I'm not sure it's finished, we'll see.
I'm liking the very dark, muted tones and drawing-like lines.
What do you folks think?
Hope you like?
I still can't think of a suitable title, and I think the painting is needing something more so I'm not sure it's finished, we'll see.
I'm liking the very dark, muted tones and drawing-like lines.
What do you folks think?
Hope you like?
January 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
𝐿𝑖𝑚𝑏𝑜: overpainting oil layers 9,8,7 (images new to old)
I still can't think of a suitable title, and I think the painting is needing something more so I'm not sure it's finished, we'll see.
I'm liking the very dark, muted tones and drawing-like lines.
What do you folks think?
Hope you like?
I still can't think of a suitable title, and I think the painting is needing something more so I'm not sure it's finished, we'll see.
I'm liking the very dark, muted tones and drawing-like lines.
What do you folks think?
Hope you like?
'Memories From the Present': 'Good Riddance To Bad Rubbish', 2024
Oil and acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis'
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Painted 5th July, 2024. To avoid confusion, the title references the Tories having lost the election the very same day.
[See alt text for more]
Oil and acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis'
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Painted 5th July, 2024. To avoid confusion, the title references the Tories having lost the election the very same day.
[See alt text for more]
December 2, 2024 at 7:56 PM
'Memories From the Present': 'Good Riddance To Bad Rubbish', 2024
Oil and acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis'
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Painted 5th July, 2024. To avoid confusion, the title references the Tories having lost the election the very same day.
[See alt text for more]
Oil and acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis'
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Painted 5th July, 2024. To avoid confusion, the title references the Tories having lost the election the very same day.
[See alt text for more]
𝐿𝑖𝑚𝑏𝑜: The 4th layer of underpainting - the 1st of 2 brunaille layers.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grisail...
Working solely in burnt umber, shadows and forms have been intensified.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grisail...
Working solely in burnt umber, shadows and forms have been intensified.
January 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
𝐿𝑖𝑚𝑏𝑜: The 4th layer of underpainting - the 1st of 2 brunaille layers.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grisail...
Working solely in burnt umber, shadows and forms have been intensified.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grisail...
Working solely in burnt umber, shadows and forms have been intensified.
𝐿𝑖𝑚𝑏𝑜: The 5th layer of underpainting - the 2nd of 2 brunaille layers.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grisail...
Bringing the overall tone of the painting down making it more brooding.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grisail...
Bringing the overall tone of the painting down making it more brooding.
January 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
𝐿𝑖𝑚𝑏𝑜: The 5th layer of underpainting - the 2nd of 2 brunaille layers.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grisail...
Bringing the overall tone of the painting down making it more brooding.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grisail...
Bringing the overall tone of the painting down making it more brooding.
'The Market Tavern', 2024
Oil & acrylic on panel
25x25cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Sheffield's 'The Market Tavern', I managed to capture before it was knocked down earlier this year. I don't usually show reference photos, for once I am.
[See alt text for more]
Oil & acrylic on panel
25x25cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Sheffield's 'The Market Tavern', I managed to capture before it was knocked down earlier this year. I don't usually show reference photos, for once I am.
[See alt text for more]
December 16, 2024 at 2:13 AM
'The Market Tavern', 2024
Oil & acrylic on panel
25x25cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Sheffield's 'The Market Tavern', I managed to capture before it was knocked down earlier this year. I don't usually show reference photos, for once I am.
[See alt text for more]
Oil & acrylic on panel
25x25cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Sheffield's 'The Market Tavern', I managed to capture before it was knocked down earlier this year. I don't usually show reference photos, for once I am.
[See alt text for more]
'Memories From The Present': 'Play Your Part...','24
Oil & acrylic on panel
32 x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Sheffield's flavour of the social distancing that was required in 2020/2021 - 2m between people or 1m with risk mitigation.
[See alt text for more]
Oil & acrylic on panel
32 x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Sheffield's flavour of the social distancing that was required in 2020/2021 - 2m between people or 1m with risk mitigation.
[See alt text for more]
![On a white wall a painting sits, the number 22 is underneath. The painting: Looking directly down at the floor we can see a large, round, teal sticker stuck to the floor, over paving slabs. The sticker is worn and peeled. Several lines of text can be made out:
'Stay Safe Sheff.... [tear]
Play your par... [tear]
stay apart... [tear]
A memory of the social distancing that was require in the UK with Sheffield's own flavour, 2 metres between people or 1 metre with risk mitigation. The reference image for this painting was taken some point in 2022. Far enough away in time for the sticker no longer to be needed, but a reminder of what became a norm for a period of time.
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December 12, 2024 at 12:56 PM
'Memories From The Present': 'Play Your Part...','24
Oil & acrylic on panel
32 x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Sheffield's flavour of the social distancing that was required in 2020/2021 - 2m between people or 1m with risk mitigation.
[See alt text for more]
Oil & acrylic on panel
32 x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Sheffield's flavour of the social distancing that was required in 2020/2021 - 2m between people or 1m with risk mitigation.
[See alt text for more]
Last painting in show: 'Now', '24
Oil & acrylic on panel
50x50cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
My most recent painting, completed just before the show. I feel this painting is visually symbolic of the future ahead of us, of what's to come.
[See alt text for more]
Oil & acrylic on panel
50x50cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
My most recent painting, completed just before the show. I feel this painting is visually symbolic of the future ahead of us, of what's to come.
[See alt text for more]
December 18, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Last painting in show: 'Now', '24
Oil & acrylic on panel
50x50cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
My most recent painting, completed just before the show. I feel this painting is visually symbolic of the future ahead of us, of what's to come.
[See alt text for more]
Oil & acrylic on panel
50x50cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
My most recent painting, completed just before the show. I feel this painting is visually symbolic of the future ahead of us, of what's to come.
[See alt text for more]
1/3 🧵In painting the more uncanny side of the cityscapes of Sheffield, I am consciously inspired by three artists:
• Leonardo's drawing 'A stand of trees”, circa 1500.
• Johannes Stradanus's watercolour's of Limbo created around 1587-88.
• Frederico Zuccari's illustrations created around 1587-88.
• Leonardo's drawing 'A stand of trees”, circa 1500.
• Johannes Stradanus's watercolour's of Limbo created around 1587-88.
• Frederico Zuccari's illustrations created around 1587-88.
January 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
1/3 🧵In painting the more uncanny side of the cityscapes of Sheffield, I am consciously inspired by three artists:
• Leonardo's drawing 'A stand of trees”, circa 1500.
• Johannes Stradanus's watercolour's of Limbo created around 1587-88.
• Frederico Zuccari's illustrations created around 1587-88.
• Leonardo's drawing 'A stand of trees”, circa 1500.
• Johannes Stradanus's watercolour's of Limbo created around 1587-88.
• Frederico Zuccari's illustrations created around 1587-88.
'Memories From The Present': 'Debenhams', 2024
Oil & acrylic on panel
32x18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
At the same time John Lewis (aka Cole Brothers) closed its doors never to reopen Sheffield's Debenhams did the same.
[See alt text for details]
Oil & acrylic on panel
32x18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
At the same time John Lewis (aka Cole Brothers) closed its doors never to reopen Sheffield's Debenhams did the same.
[See alt text for details]
December 10, 2024 at 2:58 PM
'Memories From The Present': 'Debenhams', 2024
Oil & acrylic on panel
32x18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
At the same time John Lewis (aka Cole Brothers) closed its doors never to reopen Sheffield's Debenhams did the same.
[See alt text for details]
Oil & acrylic on panel
32x18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
At the same time John Lewis (aka Cole Brothers) closed its doors never to reopen Sheffield's Debenhams did the same.
[See alt text for details]
Last one for tonight
'Memories From The Present': 'Empty Arcade', 2021
Oil and acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis'
www.andycropper.art/stasis
One of the busiest areas for buses seen at 5.30pm during lockdown. The silent absence of people is like a scream.
[See alt text for more]
'Memories From The Present': 'Empty Arcade', 2021
Oil and acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis'
www.andycropper.art/stasis
One of the busiest areas for buses seen at 5.30pm during lockdown. The silent absence of people is like a scream.
[See alt text for more]
![In this image Andy is wearing a green fleece jacket and he is holding a painting.
The painting: We are looking at quite a brutal space. Beige sandstone columns, ceiling and windowed sandstone walls frame the view. We can see a sign hanging from the ceiling. White lettering on a red background spell out 'Furniture and Electrical'. There is seating and a vertical column which is a bus stop. the whole scene is empty. Devoid of people.
'kenopsia'.
The eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that’s usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet
[. . .] an emotional afterimage that makes it seem not just empty but hyper-empty, with a total population in the negative, who are so conspicuously absent they glow like neon signs
John Koenig, ‘The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows'
#flaneur #psychogeography #kenopsia #hauntology #subjectivelyobjective #banalography #newtopographics #documentingspace #documentingbritain #nothingisordinary #brutalandbanal #eeriebeautiful #abject #unheimlich #strangelyfamiliar #life_is_street #allcitiesarebeautiful #mundane #geographyofnowhere #alteredlandscap, #city #urban #covid #nightwalk #art #artistsoninstagram #arte #contemporaryart](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rflhjd73u3d3fg337bxvquqb/bafkreifsfx2prejgao5c5p4kk6fgc7xpcdnm5uihmdkaeaw4vnpzfnemye)
December 5, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Last one for tonight
'Memories From The Present': 'Empty Arcade', 2021
Oil and acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis'
www.andycropper.art/stasis
One of the busiest areas for buses seen at 5.30pm during lockdown. The silent absence of people is like a scream.
[See alt text for more]
'Memories From The Present': 'Empty Arcade', 2021
Oil and acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis'
www.andycropper.art/stasis
One of the busiest areas for buses seen at 5.30pm during lockdown. The silent absence of people is like a scream.
[See alt text for more]
'Spirit Of Place' : 'Bramall Lane', 2024,
Oil & acrylic on panel
25x25cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
The glow is from Bramall Lane football stadium ground not the street light.
[See alt text for more]
Oil & acrylic on panel
25x25cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
The glow is from Bramall Lane football stadium ground not the street light.
[See alt text for more]
December 16, 2024 at 12:31 AM
'Spirit Of Place' : 'Bramall Lane', 2024,
Oil & acrylic on panel
25x25cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
The glow is from Bramall Lane football stadium ground not the street light.
[See alt text for more]
Oil & acrylic on panel
25x25cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
The glow is from Bramall Lane football stadium ground not the street light.
[See alt text for more]
Print of the painting:
'Memories From The Present': 'An End Of An Era'
Oil & acrylic on panel
32x18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Sheffield's Cole Brothers (aka John Lewis) closed at the beginning of lockdown, never to reopen its doors.
[See alt text for details]
'Memories From The Present': 'An End Of An Era'
Oil & acrylic on panel
32x18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Sheffield's Cole Brothers (aka John Lewis) closed at the beginning of lockdown, never to reopen its doors.
[See alt text for details]
December 6, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Print of the painting:
'Memories From The Present': 'An End Of An Era'
Oil & acrylic on panel
32x18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Sheffield's Cole Brothers (aka John Lewis) closed at the beginning of lockdown, never to reopen its doors.
[See alt text for details]
'Memories From The Present': 'An End Of An Era'
Oil & acrylic on panel
32x18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Sheffield's Cole Brothers (aka John Lewis) closed at the beginning of lockdown, never to reopen its doors.
[See alt text for details]
'Memories From The Present': 'Spectre', 2022
Oil & acrylic on panel
32x18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
When aiming to paint the darkest, blackest, white van I possibly can.
[See alt text for details]
Oil & acrylic on panel
32x18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
When aiming to paint the darkest, blackest, white van I possibly can.
[See alt text for details]
December 9, 2024 at 5:31 PM
'Memories From The Present': 'Spectre', 2022
Oil & acrylic on panel
32x18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
When aiming to paint the darkest, blackest, white van I possibly can.
[See alt text for details]
Oil & acrylic on panel
32x18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
When aiming to paint the darkest, blackest, white van I possibly can.
[See alt text for details]
'Memories From The Present': 'We never got those Drinks Did We?'
Oil & acrylic on panel
32x18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Seen during the first lockdown in the event poster holders for Dempsey's nightclub, Sheffield.
[See alt text for details]
Oil & acrylic on panel
32x18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Seen during the first lockdown in the event poster holders for Dempsey's nightclub, Sheffield.
[See alt text for details]
![A painting sits on a white wall with the number 18 underneath.
The painting: On a brick wall are two frames that used to hold nightclub promotion posters. Instead of posters you can see the backing boards in various states of wear. The board on the left has the words, "Glasgow, Celtic, Jock, EHoose". The board on the right has white writing over a black background. And, the board in the middle says, "We never got those drinks did we? ♡ "
[NB: I'm very pleased to say the writer of the words is Nat Heafield @namelessnat on Instagram ]
Seen on the side of Sheffield's Dempsey's nightclub from the first lockdown in 2020, to be covered over later in 2021. There are times to comment and then there are times not to. With feeling so achingly poignant I'm going to do the latter as I have nothing more to say.
DM me or email me via my 'link in bio' for details.
#flaneur #psychogeography #kenopsia #hauntology #subjectivelyobjective #banalography #newtopographics #documentingspace #documentingbritain #nothingisordinary #brutalandbanal #eeriebeautiful #abject #unheimlich #strangelyfamiliar #life_is_street #allcitiesarebeautiful #mundane #willy #geographyofnowhere #alteredlandscape #city #urban #covid #nightwalk #art #artistsoninstagram #arte #contemporaryart](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rflhjd73u3d3fg337bxvquqb/bafkreibgc3sqiv5vcbvqyljakem7r5dmg3efbnesmktm6cybfq5ntm2b5q)
![Andy, in front of a black background holds a painting.
The painting: On a brick wall are two frames that used to hold nightclub promotion posters. Instead of posters you can see the backing boards in various states of wear. The board on the left has the words, "Glasgow, Celtic, Jock, EHoose". The board on the right has white writing over a black background. And, the board in the middle says, "We never got those drinks did we? ♡ "
[NB: I'm very pleased to say the writer of the words is Nat Heafield @namelessnat on Instagram ]
Seen on the side of Sheffield's Dempsey's nightclub from the first lockdown in 2020, to be covered over later in 2021. There are times to comment and then there are times not to. With feeling so achingly poignant I'm going to do the latter as I have nothing more to say.
DM me or email me via my 'link in bio' for details.
#flaneur #psychogeography #kenopsia #hauntology #subjectivelyobjective #banalography #newtopographics #documentingspace #documentingbritain #nothingisordinary #brutalandbanal #eeriebeautiful #abject #unheimlich #strangelyfamiliar #life_is_street #allcitiesarebeautiful #mundane #willy #geographyofnowhere #alteredlandscape #city #urban #covid #nightwalk #art #artistsoninstagram #arte #contemporaryart](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rflhjd73u3d3fg337bxvquqb/bafkreiggcgy3wvq6rak37te3mbcr5snmlebkcotbvlfylkoghbqcio3yye)
December 8, 2024 at 2:04 PM
'Memories From The Present': 'We never got those Drinks Did We?'
Oil & acrylic on panel
32x18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Seen during the first lockdown in the event poster holders for Dempsey's nightclub, Sheffield.
[See alt text for details]
Oil & acrylic on panel
32x18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Seen during the first lockdown in the event poster holders for Dempsey's nightclub, Sheffield.
[See alt text for details]
'Memories From The Present': 'Jellyfish', 2021
Oil + acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' (now over)
www.andycropper.art/stasis
A rubber glove sits on rain soaked tarmac. Surrounded by points of light, its wet translucency has a jellyfish-like quality.
[See alt text for details]
Oil + acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' (now over)
www.andycropper.art/stasis
A rubber glove sits on rain soaked tarmac. Surrounded by points of light, its wet translucency has a jellyfish-like quality.
[See alt text for details]
![A painting sits on a white wall. The number 16 sits underneath it with a red dot.
The painting: It's night and we're looking directly down onto a rain soaked, tarmac and stone pavement lit by a nearby streetlight. Points of light, like stars, speckle the ground. In the centre a discarded rubber glove sits. Its translucent quality with its wetness has a jellyfish-like quality.
In early 2020, due to the uncertainty about the transmission of COVID-19, hand cleanliness was a huge focus of concern during the first lockdown (as well as social distancing and mask wearing). People took to carrying hand sanitiser, alcohol wipes, and disposable hand gloves. Though very much still of concern [summer of 2021] the main focus has shifted to aerosol transmission as evidenced by the focus on masks and ventilation. There was a very marked point when the gutters and kerbs were no longer occupied by the odd chocolate wrapper, polystyrene burger container and/or empty drinks cans but by disposable masks and gloves (and locally, small empty nitrous oxide cannisters 🤷♂️).
#flaneur #psychogeography #kenopsia #hauntology #subjectivelyobjective #banalography #newtopographics #documentingspace #documentingbritain #nothingisordinary #brutalandbanal #eeriebeautiful #abject #unheimlich #strangelyfamiliar #life_is_street #allcitiesarebeautiful #mundane #geographyofnowhere #alteredlandscap, #city #urban #covid #nightwalk #art #artistsoninstagram #arte #contemporaryart](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rflhjd73u3d3fg337bxvquqb/bafkreidrhbghzpyfwo25krkycx6kl4ant2bgoh4dhwaksb3jsgd562j6uy)
![In front of a black background Andy holds a painting.
The painting: It's night and we're looking directly down onto a rain soaked, tarmac and stone pavement lit by a nearby streetlight. Points of light, like stars, speckle the ground. In the centre a discarded rubber glove sits. Its translucent quality with its wetness has a jellyfish-like quality.
In early 2020, due to the uncertainty about the transmission of COVID-19, hand cleanliness was a huge focus of concern during the first lockdown (as well as social distancing and mask wearing). People took to carrying hand sanitiser, alcohol wipes, and disposable hand gloves. Though very much still of concern [summer of 2021] the main focus has shifted to aerosol transmission as evidenced by the focus on masks and ventilation. There was a very marked point when the gutters and kerbs were no longer occupied by the odd chocolate wrapper, polystyrene burger container and/or empty drinks cans but by disposable masks and gloves (and locally, small empty nitrous oxide cannisters 🤷♂️).
#flaneur #psychogeography #kenopsia #hauntology #subjectivelyobjective #banalography #newtopographics #documentingspace #documentingbritain #nothingisordinary #brutalandbanal #eeriebeautiful #abject #unheimlich #strangelyfamiliar #life_is_street #allcitiesarebeautiful #mundane #geographyofnowhere #alteredlandscap, #city #urban #covid #nightwalk #art #artistsoninstagram #arte #contemporaryart](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rflhjd73u3d3fg337bxvquqb/bafkreig3pb2wp6y7gcozt5gxquln2qw3ycpj6eqr25cjghfqihhvjwbqgq)
December 6, 2024 at 4:36 PM
'Memories From The Present': 'Jellyfish', 2021
Oil + acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' (now over)
www.andycropper.art/stasis
A rubber glove sits on rain soaked tarmac. Surrounded by points of light, its wet translucency has a jellyfish-like quality.
[See alt text for details]
Oil + acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' (now over)
www.andycropper.art/stasis
A rubber glove sits on rain soaked tarmac. Surrounded by points of light, its wet translucency has a jellyfish-like quality.
[See alt text for details]
'Memories From the Present': 'A Sheffield Kenopsia', 2021
Oil & acrylic on panel
18x32cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Looking south, along Charter Row, Sheffield, on Easter Monday, 13th April, 2020, during the first lockdown.
[See alt text for more]
Oil & acrylic on panel
18x32cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Looking south, along Charter Row, Sheffield, on Easter Monday, 13th April, 2020, during the first lockdown.
[See alt text for more]
December 17, 2024 at 6:09 PM
'Memories From the Present': 'A Sheffield Kenopsia', 2021
Oil & acrylic on panel
18x32cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Looking south, along Charter Row, Sheffield, on Easter Monday, 13th April, 2020, during the first lockdown.
[See alt text for more]
Oil & acrylic on panel
18x32cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Looking south, along Charter Row, Sheffield, on Easter Monday, 13th April, 2020, during the first lockdown.
[See alt text for more]
'Stasis', 2024,
Oil & acrylic on panel
50x50cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Viewing an apartment complex on Denby Street, Sheffield, during one of the lockdowns of 2020. The glow in the sky is from Bramall Lane, football stadium.
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Oil & acrylic on panel
50x50cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Viewing an apartment complex on Denby Street, Sheffield, during one of the lockdowns of 2020. The glow in the sky is from Bramall Lane, football stadium.
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December 16, 2024 at 1:26 AM
'Stasis', 2024,
Oil & acrylic on panel
50x50cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Viewing an apartment complex on Denby Street, Sheffield, during one of the lockdowns of 2020. The glow in the sky is from Bramall Lane, football stadium.
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Oil & acrylic on panel
50x50cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Viewing an apartment complex on Denby Street, Sheffield, during one of the lockdowns of 2020. The glow in the sky is from Bramall Lane, football stadium.
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'Memories From The Present': 'Mask','21
Oil & acrylic on panel
32x18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
A partner to 'Jellyfish', the mask has become a symbol whose meaning is strongly dependent on who is viewing. A battleground made of fabric.
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Oil & acrylic on panel
32x18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
A partner to 'Jellyfish', the mask has become a symbol whose meaning is strongly dependent on who is viewing. A battleground made of fabric.
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December 12, 2024 at 12:28 PM
'Memories From The Present': 'Mask','21
Oil & acrylic on panel
32x18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
A partner to 'Jellyfish', the mask has become a symbol whose meaning is strongly dependent on who is viewing. A battleground made of fabric.
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Oil & acrylic on panel
32x18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
A partner to 'Jellyfish', the mask has become a symbol whose meaning is strongly dependent on who is viewing. A battleground made of fabric.
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'Memories From the Present': 'Frozen', 2024
Oil and acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis'
www.andycropper.art/stasis
A symbol of opening. Apart from the supermarkets which remained open, this was one of the first retailers I remember opening in 2021.
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Oil and acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis'
www.andycropper.art/stasis
A symbol of opening. Apart from the supermarkets which remained open, this was one of the first retailers I remember opening in 2021.
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December 4, 2024 at 11:02 PM
'Memories From the Present': 'Frozen', 2024
Oil and acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis'
www.andycropper.art/stasis
A symbol of opening. Apart from the supermarkets which remained open, this was one of the first retailers I remember opening in 2021.
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Oil and acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis'
www.andycropper.art/stasis
A symbol of opening. Apart from the supermarkets which remained open, this was one of the first retailers I remember opening in 2021.
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Print of the painting:
Memories From the Present': 'As Seen on London Rd', '21
Oil & acrylic on panel
32x18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
A perfect distillation of the arguments taking place in 2020/2021.
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Memories From the Present': 'As Seen on London Rd', '21
Oil & acrylic on panel
32x18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
A perfect distillation of the arguments taking place in 2020/2021.
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![A painting sits on a white background. The painting: A sign, black words on a yellow background, are the focus of the painting. The sign sits on a worn metal easel which leans against a street lamp. Behind you can see the street (London Road) stretching into the distance. The sign has an arrow on it pointing left with the words "COVID Testing Centre" on it. Over the top someone has sprayed "HOAX". Someone else has written in pen "100% Not A ..." before it.
From 10th September 2021 when the painting was finished:
A difficult painting I was very close to not sharing.. but, no. [*covers eyes as pressing the "post" button*]🤦🏻♂️
What are we looking at here? This is a shorthand to the conversations and frustrations around Covid that we all are way too aware of.
What are the stages in this sign?
• The original sign is placed in position mid-to-late 2020 as the testing centre is put into place.
• The first "HOAX" is spray painted on.
• Someone tries to scratch "HOAX" off leaving a rough HOAX shaped mark behind.
• "HOAX" is sprayed on the sign one more time.
• Then someone writes "100% N̲O̲T̲ A" at the front of it.
The sign, depressingly, sat on London Road pointing towards the testing centre for over 6 months. I can understand why no one replaced it as the same scrawl would just reappear in another form.
At some point around a month ago someone stole the sign. Stole? Yep. The stand for the sign is still around and currently leaning up against a free standing cash machine on the other side of the same road.
So... there we go.
I'm not expecting folk to like this post or painting... at all. It is a representation of parts of our current moment wrapped up in a very discrete and painful image.
The painting sold before the show but are you interested in this same size print? DM me or email me via my 'link in bio' for details.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rflhjd73u3d3fg337bxvquqb/bafkreiaqb73pyoulhrqyvbweemz6bwnupyyxlybfb7u6y5idqfev2uhtbe)
![Andy stands in front of a black background holding the painting. The painting: a sign, black words on a yellow background, are the focus of the painting. The sign sits on a worn metal easel which leans against a street lamp. Behind you can see the street (London Road) stretching into the distance. The sign has an arrow on it pointing left with the words "COVID Testing Centre" on it. Over the top someone has sprayed "HOAX". Someone else has written in pen "100% Not A ..." before it.
From 10th September 2021 when the painting was finished:
A difficult painting I was very close to not sharing.. but, no. [*covers eyes as pressing the "post" button*]🤦🏻♂️
What are we looking at here? This is a shorthand to the conversations and frustrations around Covid that we all are way too aware of.
What are the stages in this sign?
• The original sign is placed in position mid-to-late 2020 as the testing centre is put into place.
• The first "HOAX" is spray painted on.
• Someone tries to scratch "HOAX" off leaving a rough HOAX shaped mark behind.
• "HOAX" is sprayed on the sign one more time.
• Then someone writes "100% N̲O̲T̲ A" at the front of it.
The sign, depressingly, sat on London Road pointing towards the testing centre for over 6 months. I can understand why no one replaced it as the same scrawl would just reappear in another form.
At some point around a month ago someone stole the sign. Stole? Yep. The stand for the sign is still around and currently leaning up against a free standing cash machine on the other side of the same road.
So... there we go.
I'm not expecting folk to like this post or painting... at all. It is a representation of parts of our current moment wrapped up in a very discrete and painful image.
The painting sold before the show but are you interested in this same size print? DM me or email me via my 'link in bio' for details.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rflhjd73u3d3fg337bxvquqb/bafkreiefohytuhqwdazmfs4wjv7impec5qqrztuxtbpm44ym73lhxuzdp4)
![Andy stands in front of a black background holding the print of the painting. The painting: a sign, black words on a yellow background, are the focus of the painting. The sign sits on a worn metal easel which leans against a street lamp. Behind you can see the street (London Road) stretching into the distance. The sign has an arrow on it pointing left with the words "COVID Testing Centre" on it. Over the top someone has sprayed "HOAX". Someone else has written in pen "100% Not A ..." before it.
From 10th September 2021 when the painting was finished:
A difficult painting I was very close to not sharing.. but, no. [*covers eyes as pressing the "post" button*]🤦🏻♂️
What are we looking at here? This is a shorthand to the conversations and frustrations around Covid that we all are way too aware of.
What are the stages in this sign?
• The original sign is placed in position mid-to-late 2020 as the testing centre is put into place.
• The first "HOAX" is spray painted on.
• Someone tries to scratch "HOAX" off leaving a rough HOAX shaped mark behind.
• "HOAX" is sprayed on the sign one more time.
• Then someone writes "100% N̲O̲T̲ A" at the front of it.
The sign, depressingly, sat on London Road pointing towards the testing centre for over 6 months. I can understand why no one replaced it as the same scrawl would just reappear in another form.
At some point around a month ago someone stole the sign. Stole? Yep. The stand for the sign is still around and currently leaning up against a free standing cash machine on the other side of the same road.
So... there we go.
I'm not expecting folk to like this post or painting... at all. It is a representation of parts of our current moment wrapped up in a very discrete and painful image.
The painting sold before the show but are you interested in this same size print? DM me or email me via my 'link in bio' for details.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rflhjd73u3d3fg337bxvquqb/bafkreigrwzuf3hl5ngf67nphvd5uhqrvsb7leqvmf47qbjkpafx5xrypsy)
December 10, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Print of the painting:
Memories From the Present': 'As Seen on London Rd', '21
Oil & acrylic on panel
32x18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
A perfect distillation of the arguments taking place in 2020/2021.
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Memories From the Present': 'As Seen on London Rd', '21
Oil & acrylic on panel
32x18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' [now over]
www.andycropper.art/stasis
A perfect distillation of the arguments taking place in 2020/2021.
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'Memories From The Present': 'Gone', 2021
Oil and acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' (now over)
www.andycropper.art/stasis
I've passed these 2 buildings since first arriving in Sheffield in 1993, seeing them decay over the decades. In 2021 they were gone.
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Oil and acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' (now over)
www.andycropper.art/stasis
I've passed these 2 buildings since first arriving in Sheffield in 1993, seeing them decay over the decades. In 2021 they were gone.
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December 6, 2024 at 5:35 PM
'Memories From The Present': 'Gone', 2021
Oil and acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' (now over)
www.andycropper.art/stasis
I've passed these 2 buildings since first arriving in Sheffield in 1993, seeing them decay over the decades. In 2021 they were gone.
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Oil and acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis' (now over)
www.andycropper.art/stasis
I've passed these 2 buildings since first arriving in Sheffield in 1993, seeing them decay over the decades. In 2021 they were gone.
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'Memories From the Present': 'To Let', 2022
Oil and acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis'
www.andycropper.art/stasis
The painting is deliberately dark. A mood piece and an experiment in tone. Similar to my painting 'Spectre' (to be posted in the next day/2).
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Oil and acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis'
www.andycropper.art/stasis
The painting is deliberately dark. A mood piece and an experiment in tone. Similar to my painting 'Spectre' (to be posted in the next day/2).
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December 4, 2024 at 8:17 PM
'Memories From the Present': 'To Let', 2022
Oil and acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis'
www.andycropper.art/stasis
The painting is deliberately dark. A mood piece and an experiment in tone. Similar to my painting 'Spectre' (to be posted in the next day/2).
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Oil and acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis'
www.andycropper.art/stasis
The painting is deliberately dark. A mood piece and an experiment in tone. Similar to my painting 'Spectre' (to be posted in the next day/2).
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Same size print of the painting:
'Memories From The Present': 'Willy. It is What It Is'
Oil and acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis'
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Tee hee hee
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'Memories From The Present': 'Willy. It is What It Is'
Oil and acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis'
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Tee hee hee
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December 2, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Same size print of the painting:
'Memories From The Present': 'Willy. It is What It Is'
Oil and acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis'
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Tee hee hee
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'Memories From The Present': 'Willy. It is What It Is'
Oil and acrylic on panel
32cm x 18cm
From 'A Time of Stasis'
www.andycropper.art/stasis
Tee hee hee
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