Wash Your Curtains, Doris

‘Wash Your Curtains, Doris’ is a textured abstract painting and part of the ‘Only Texture’ series.

In this series, Samuel experiments with and highlights the beauty of texture. He creates his signature textured surface on canvas and uses a single colour to enhance but not distract from the materials he has used. Samuel is using neutral paint shades from brands such as Farrow & Ball and Little Greene.

‘Wash Your Curtains, Doris’ is made using cracking paste, plaster, heavy gel and pumice paste on a cotton canvas. Once all the materials were applied, layered, and dried, Samuel covered every inch and crack with Farrow & Ball’s paint, Cornforth White no. 228. For the first painting in this series, Samuel wanted a light grey/beige that would suit any home so this was a perfect colour. The 3D elements of the painting change throughout the day as light bounces off the surface and shadows are cast. ‘Wash Your Curtains, Doris’ measures 50cm x 40cm x 2cm.

The painting is fixed within a black-stained oak frame measuring 53.5cm x 43.5cm x 3.5cm.

Samuel named the painting ‘Wash Your Curtains, Doris’ because the shade reminded him of net curtains. His painting ‘Clean your pond, Linda’ was very popular and his friends loved the name so he wanted to name this something equally dry and humorous.

This painting was on display at the Brick Lane Gallery at a group abstract exhibition between 29th March - 9th April.