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By Freddie Darke
Unique
‘The painting was quite experimental, it's on a wooden panel and I usually work on canvas. Nothing was planned, I just enjoyed applying thin layers of oil, building print-like textures in some areas. From what I recall, the panel sat for weeks if not months in the studio before a landscape began to suggest itself, and then eventually the figure appeared, giving a feeling of somewhere coastal. The title is important to me, it has links to Greek mythology and the underworld, but also simply suggests a character who takes people back and forth across a body of water. I like that there is no sign of people or ferry, it's just him alone; it leaves a kind of hovering question, hopefully.’ -Darke
By Freddie Darke
Unique
‘The painting was quite experimental, it's on a wooden panel and I usually work on canvas. Nothing was planned, I just enjoyed applying thin layers of oil, building print-like textures in some areas. From what I recall, the panel sat for weeks if not months in the studio before a landscape began to suggest itself, and then eventually the figure appeared, giving a feeling of somewhere coastal. The title is important to me, it has links to Greek mythology and the underworld, but also simply suggests a character who takes people back and forth across a body of water. I like that there is no sign of people or ferry, it's just him alone; it leaves a kind of hovering question, hopefully.’ -Darke