Commission Aqua Optimist - mixed media on canvas - 101cm squ / 40" squ

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COMMISSION AN ARTWORK

Commission of 'Aqua Optimist ' by George Hall. There is a back story to this work which is written at the end of this description.

This artwork is created with:
1. Graffiti Acrylic Pens
2. Photographic Printing
3. Polymer Stain and Glaze
4. UV Protective Varnish
It was created with acrylic graffiti paint pens, the background is a matte photographic print on canvas of the collage newsprint, made up of positive words and quotes, then stained with polymer glazes and finished with 3 coats of UV protective satin varnish, it will not fade in direct sunlight.

Signed on the lower right profile edge as well as a certificate of authenticity signed by myself.

Canvas Measurements: 101 x  101 x 3cm / 40" x 40" x 1.18"

For International orders this artwork will be shipped rolled in a tube.

Requires 8 weeks for commission to be completed.

It is an archival canvas and paints, and has UV protected vanish, it will not fade in direct sunlight. 

The Optimist Story (My Story): At the beginning of 2019 I was going through a really sad time, I was beginning to lose hope in the world and hence becoming easily annoyed and angry.

I decided I didn’t want to be this way, so I did what I always do and that was to start drawing what I wanted life to look like. The reoccurring theme seemed to be love and optimism. So I kept drawing hearts, I think I must of drawn hundreds, all over magazines and newspapers they kept developing and growing and I began to really start loving them and the process. I loved the effect of the background newsprint, but sometimes the words were wrong.

So I research words of positivity and hope. I went through all the google searches and just kept adding to the list. I stopped watching and reading the news, I decided to create my own newspaper with these words. I wanted my heart to go onto words of love and hope. So I printed collages of these great words and started painting my multi-coloured hearts on top.

I noticed that people started smiling at me in the street and I wondered why, then I realised it was because I was walking round smiling, my mode had changed.

More people started contacting me and wanting paintings. I posted the hearts on my Instagram and I got so many orders for these hearts. I call them ‘The Optimist’ because that is was what I had become.