Foxfire
by Amy Timms
£120.00
Artist: Amy Timms
Title: Foxfire
Date: 2011
Dimensions: 500 mm x 500mm
Medium: Gilcee Print
Edition Size: 50
Details:
This print is a high quality reproduction of a gouache painting on silver birch paper, produced in 2011.
Description:
A corpse of a fox lies curled, as if in sleep. Fungi, grows forth from its decaying body, casting a soft, phosphorescent glow known as Foxfire. Insects gather round to feed from both fungi and fox. Entwining a forepaw a blue ribbon symbolises tranquillity and the peace found in a natural death. And so it is, that the fox moths, moth larvae, fungi and foxfire are all united through the very fox itself.
Amy’s paintings aim to convey the pure essence or souls of the animals that they represent. Working primarily in bold, flat gouache, the interplay between colour and negative space of her neutral backgrounds is key.
Amy is a Bristol based artist. Originally from Wiltshire, her pastoral upbringing has fuelled her fascination for the natural world. She graduated in 2007 from Falmouth College of Arts with a BA (Hons) degree in Illustration. She has exhibited at Chelsea Flower Show 2007, Grotesques 2010 at Antlers Gallery Bristol and The Royal West of England Academy 2011. Her work is on permanent display onboard the Cunard Queen Victoria.