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David Lauder
My work a couple of years ago was mostly watercolour landscapes but recently I have developed an interest in ‘still life’ – ranging in subject from my collection of old clay pipes, found on the Thames foreshore near Putney Bridge, to victorian plumb bobs and an elephant femur: somewhat incongruous perhaps. I am attracted to them as interesting objects, beautiful in their form, shape, and colouring also in their time and place.
The pipes are in reverse chronological order from about 1860 top left to 1610 bottom right, displaying changes in design style over the years. The high eye line in the composition is designed to show both the differing side profiles and, as the steps descend, the top profiles too, which I think adds
to the appreciation of these small fragments
of pottery.
The plumb bobs show two of Isaac Newton’s lines of work, his interest in gravity and notes on the nature of light and how the shadow softens as it moves further away from the object. The elephant bones demonstrate the wonderful natural architecture evolved to bear the four or so tons of the largest land based mammal. The common link between these two suspended subjects is their connection to the universal force of gravity.
I'm still working on a copy of the Wilton Diptych…
Contact details
121 Harbour Street, London SW6 6PN
Tel: 020 7385 3239
Email: dlauder@@uwclub.net