A Girl Reading the Sunday supplements Oil on Board - Richard Gower

'Girl Reading the Sunday Supplements'  Seated girl reading,

Richard Gower (b.1962)  Oil on board, 

Bears Artists signature blind stamp verso

Richard Gower's distinctive, unique style has attracted a number of high profile collectors throughout his relatively short career, including HRH The Queen, The Duchess of York and The Lord Mayor or Westminster.

Gower merges elements of reality with interpretations of feeling in an impressionistic style. Observation and chance are key in creating his work. Painting from life, Gower 'scouts out' creative inspiration – sitting in cafes and parks and 'people-watching' – which he says allows him to capture the fleeting moments of strangers' daily activities.

His compositions, sometimes cropped at unexpected angles, display a real sense of familiar serenity and intrigue. They quietly invite the viewer to create narratives about the anonymous characters unknowingly immortalised in oil paint, perhaps seeing something of ourselves within them, as alluded to in the way each work is titled.

This work in a strikingly colourful and impasto style, is at once, humorous and relaxing.  Framed in the artists original white matt frame with a gold metallic insert.  The artist has stamped the backboard with his named blind stamp over a torn American dollar bill, hence, the work has never been out of the artists original frame.

I love this genre, pictures of women reading have always struck me as supportive of women.

Image 100cm by 75cm  ( 39 ins x 29.5 ins )

Framed  118 cms by 92 cms  ( 46.5 ins x 36 ins)

Weight : 10 kg   ( 22 lbs)